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ves
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 Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 5:32 pm Post subject: usernames |
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i know this is a bit anal...but why are so many usernames installed by default in gentoo? And why do they have a valid shell by default (they're all set to /bin/bash)?
I dunno...i just believe that usernames should be added only when absolutely necessary and removed when they're no longer used. |
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klieber
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2002 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: usernames |
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| ves wrote: | | i know this is a bit anal...but why are so many usernames installed by default in gentoo? And why do they have a valid shell by default (they're all set to /bin/bash)? |
Agreed. I was a bit apoplectic about this the first time I noticed it, especially since they have valid shells. One saving grace is that most of those accounts do not have corresponding entries in the /etc/shadow file, so they shouldn't be able to log in. Still, I'm not sure I understand the reason for having them there in the first place...
Might file a bug on it -- either as a feature request or a plain old bug.
--kurt
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i understand that they do not have a password set...but still, i just think that there's no point in having usernames in there that aren't being used.
And fyi, qmail for example doesn't even need the account to have a valid shell. Might as well set that to /bin/nologin just in case someone out there decides to run a passwd qmaill or something like that... |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: usernames |
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| klieber wrote: | | Might file a bug on it -- either as a feature request or a plain old bug. |
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