Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:4.3p2-9
> Severity: minor

> The openssh install process should detect whether /usr/sbin/nologin
> isn't present in /etc/shells, and it should add it if necessary if ssh
> is going to use /usr/sbin/nologin as its shell.

Wouldn't that be exactly the wrong thing to do given the purpose of
/etc/shells?

       Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to find
       out if a user is a normal user.  E.g.:  ftp daemons traditionally
       disallow access to users with shells not included in this file.

That's exactly the behavior we want.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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