> Looking in the /etc/passwd in my RH 8.0 instalation, the users > > news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news: > rpm:x:37:37::/var/lib/rpm:/bin/bash > > has shell. Why this users need shell?
rpm probably doesn't need a shell.
Note that the user news above doesn't have a shell listed.
That means that /bin/sh is the shell by default. So you
have *two* users above who have shells, not one.
To have no shell, you'd want
news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news:/nosuchprogram
or something similar. Many folks use '/bin/false' for
example.
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