Hello I am looking at Bug#516854 and wondering:
Is there a robust way for a *user* to detect if root login is disabled? Would like to perform such a check from an instance of aptitude running as a user account. I am aware of the following method which detects the `passwd -l' style lock, however, it requires read access to /etc/shadow: io:~# passwd -S root | grep " L " > /dev/null; echo $? 1 io:~# passwd -l root passwd: password expiry information changed. io:~# passwd -S root | grep " L " > /dev/null; echo $? 0 Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
