Quoting vincenzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:26:03 -0500 (EST) > Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That lets you in just fine unfortunately. > > > > mdresser:x:1000:1000:Mike Dresser,,,:/home/mdresser: > > > > x:~# login > > x login: mdresser > > Password: > > Last login: Mon Feb 10 16:23:51 2003 on pts/1 > > Linux x 2.4.20 #1 SMP Sun Feb 2 22:20:23 EST 2003 i686 unknown > > You have mail. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > How can it be possible ? Doesn't the system normally check at the shell > field value in /etc/passwd to look for the shell to use ? > Is it using a default shell in the case where no shell value is specified > ? >
quite right. You'll want to put something like /bin/false in your passwd file as the user's shell. To change the default for new accounts you can edit /etc/adduser.conf -ross
