Quoting CLIFFORD ILKAY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Tom, > > At 08:15 PM 4/16/02 -0700, Tom Carroll wrote: > >I used putty to connect to my server as root. I created a new user (we'll > >call it remote) by using the adduser command line. I used passwd to > >assign it a password (at least 8 characters mixed with letters and > >numbers). I also > >changed the shell for that user by using chsh. > > What did you chsh to? BTW, you could just use the admin panel to add a new > user and then use chsh to change the shell to /bin/bash. Using adduser puts > the user's home directory under /home instead of > /home/e-smith/files/users/<theUser>.
Yes, I chsh to /bin/bash. I didn't use the admin panel because at the time I did not have access to it other than through Lynx. I couldn't get Lynx to work right for the admin panel, so I just used the command line. Are there any security risks to use the adduser command and having the special account under the /home directory? -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
