[CentOS] /bin/false as a login shell
Kai Schaetzl
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Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:19:53 -0600: > Just use it if you want. I'd keep it out of /etc/shells. Historically, > some network daemons refused to authenticate users if user's shell was > not present in /etc/shells. Well, vsftpd still does, that's how I came about it. I have always used /bin/false on my Suse setups (which has /bin/false in /etc/shells) and am currently migrating the first machine to CentOS. So, I noticed the users couldn't login via ftp unless I changed to /sbin/nologin. I decided to add /bin/false to /etc/shells. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com
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