Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-29 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 11:20 AM -0400 4/29/10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >I haven't been doing a very good job explaining myself. Maybe someone >else will (eventually) do a better job. Or whap me in the head for >being wrong... > >Paul Hoffman writes: > >> The problem is that many servers in the ports collection (such

Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-29 Thread Lowell Gilbert
I haven't been doing a very good job explaining myself. Maybe someone else will (eventually) do a better job. Or whap me in the head for being wrong... Paul Hoffman writes: > The problem is that many servers in the ports collection (such as mail access > programs like qpoper) will only let cl

Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-21 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 6:34 PM -0400 4/21/10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >Paul Hoffman writes: > >> At 12:31 PM -0400 4/21/10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>>Paul Hoffman writes: >>> If adduser offers it as a shell, it should be listed in /etc/shells; otherwise, this kind of error will nail admins. >>> >>>This is ex

Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Paul Hoffman writes: > At 12:31 PM -0400 4/21/10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>Paul Hoffman writes: >> >>> If adduser offers it as a shell, it should be listed in /etc/shells; >>> otherwise, this kind of error will nail admins. >> >>This is exactly what nologin is for. I wouldn't want to see all of

Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-21 Thread Paul Hoffman
The following reply was made to PR conf/145887; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Paul Hoffman To: Lowell Gilbert Cc: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:39:54 -0700 At 12:31 PM -0400 4/21

Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
The following reply was made to PR conf/145887; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Lowell Gilbert To: Paul Hoffman Cc: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:31:03 -0400 Paul Hoffman writes

conf/145887: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells

2010-04-20 Thread Paul Hoffman
>Number: 145887 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /usr/sbin/nologin should be in the default /etc/shells >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible:freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: