On 11/08/16 07:05, O. Hartmann wrote:
I just checked the security scanning outputs of FreeBSD and found this
surprising result:
[...]
Checking for passwordless accounts:
polkitd::565:565::0:0:Polkit Daemon User:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
pulse::563:563::0:0:PulseAudio System User:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
saned::194:194::0:0:SANE Scanner Daemon:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
clamav::106:106::0:0:Clamav Antivirus:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
bacula::910:910::0:0:Bacula Daemon:/var/db/bacula:/usr/sbin/nologin
[...]
Obviously, some ports install accounts but do not secure them as there is an
empty password.
Are you certain that the ports didn't use "*" as crypted hash which
isn't a valid hash for any supported algorithm and prevents password
based authentication for the account?
FreeBSD also uses two passwd files (and compiles them into databases for
fast lookups). The old /etc/passwd is world readable but contains no
passwords and the real /etc/master.passwd which is only accessible by
root. If you run `getent passwd` the missing password field is replaced
with "*" which can confuse buggy scripts.
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