Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Mar 9, 2007, at 14:39, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> at http://wiki.openpbx.org/tiki-index.php?page=Easy+route+to >> +building+OpenPBX.org >> >> there is the following adduser command: >> >> adduser --no-create-home --ingroup openpbx --disabled-password -- >> disabled-login openpbx >> >> This does NOT seem to be the right format for Centos. So far, using >> man, I have come up with; >> >> >> adduser -M -g openpbx >> >> What else do I need? > > > I think that --disabled-password is the default if you don't specify a > password, and to disable logins you can use "-s /sbin/nologin" to set > the account's shell. As Robert has noticed, there si more then one implementation of the adduser (and useradd) command. I suggest "passwd -l openpbx" so as to be more confident. If Robert wants to su to the account, he probably wants a standard shell, not nologin. If he doesn't want to tell anyone what happened if they chance to get a login to openpbx, then /bin/true is a fine shell. nologin prints a message, true just exits. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list