At 05:08 PM 4/17/02 -0700, Tom Carroll wrote: >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.
What was the problem with using lynx? >Are there any security risks to use the adduser command and having the >special account under the /home directory? Not that I am aware of. It just does not conform to the admittedly non-standard e-smith filesystem layout. Regards, Clifford Ilkay Dinamis Corporation 3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419 Toronto, Ontario Canada M4N 3P6 Tel: 416-410-3326 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
