Dave Sherohman wrote: > There are actually a few things which complain about shells that > aren't in /etc/shells, so I usually add /bin/false to that list.
That's not a good idea. Programs such as ftpd which don't run the shell will now think that users with /bin/false as a shell are fully allowed into the system. It bypasses the check that /etc/shells is there to provide. Bob
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