Re: Userīs and Shells

From: Achim Mueller (Achim.Mueller@mole.dnsalias.org)
Date: 12/23/02

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    From: Achim Mueller <Achim.Mueller@mole.dnsalias.org>
To: "'focus-linux@securityfocus.com'" <focus-linux@securityfocus.com>
Date: 23 Dec 2002 09:32:12 +0100

    Am Mit, 2002-12-18 um 15.09 schrieb OTERO Hernan Gustavo EDS:
    >
    > Looking in the /etc/passwd in my RH 8.0 instalation, the users
    >
    > news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news:
    > rpm:x:37:37::/var/lib/rpm:/bin/bash
    >
    > has shell. Why this users need shell?

    news needs a shell if you want to run a newsserver like "inn". Some
    commands should be done as user "news", i.e. adding a group or feeding
    news.

    Ciao

    Achim

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