Hi, The system accounts like nobody, daemon, lp, etc on SUSE have a shell in the /etc/password file. Why is this required. These system accounts do not have a shell on other unix / linux systems. Thanks, Preetam
Preetam Ramakrishna wrote:
Hi,
The system accounts like nobody, daemon, lp, etc on SUSE have a shell in the /etc/password file. Why is this required. These system accounts do not have a shell on other unix / linux systems.
Thanks, Preetam
The 'nobody' and 'daemon' users can be used as the userid that apache runs as, so the shell has to be valid. When using System V printing, copying jobs from the lp user on a client system to a server system (as the lp user) requires a valid shell. If any of the other users (bin, lp, etc) have cron jobs, a valid shell is requred.
Hi, Mark Andrews schrieb:
Preetam Ramakrishna wrote:
Hi,
If any of the other users (bin, lp, etc) have cron jobs, a valid shell is requred.
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When cron first started, bash wasn't around.
If you notice, /bin/sh is just a symbolic for /bin/bash
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Mark Andrews
Hi,
Mark Andrews schrieb:
Preetam Ramakrishna wrote:
Hi,
If any of the other users (bin, lp, etc) have cron jobs, a valid shell is requred.
Nope.
Interesting. Cron sets the shell to /bin/sh. Thanks for the correction -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here
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