[Centos] how to change default shell when using adduser/useradd

Mon Feb 21 15:11:31 UTC 2005
Michiel van Es <michiele at info.nl>


Wes Wannemacher wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:56:27 +0100, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
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>>Am Mo, den 21.02.2005 schrieb Michiel van Es um 15:46:
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>>>when I use useradd of adduser in CentOS 3 or 4, the default shell a user
>>>gets /bin/bash.
>>>I want this to be changed to /bin/false for security reasons...
>>>How can I accomplish this?
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>>useradd --help --> -s Shell
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>>So just use that parameter like "-s /bin/false".
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>>Alexander
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>I think what he means to do is not add that parameter each time he
>uses `useradd'
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>I believe the file you want to look for is /etc/default/useradd or somesuch.
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>Thanks!
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>-Wes
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Jup..that's it! :)
Thanks!

Michiel