On Monday 21 Oct 2013 20:26:20 Daniel Frey wrote: > On 10/21/2013 04:39 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Adam Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > I probably haven't looked at this file for years, but it contains > > > > named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/sbin/nologin > > #named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/bin/bash > > > > #postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for > > postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin > > postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for > > postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/bash > > > > I've now changed postfix to nologin, and since then it has restarted > > cleanly and accpted new mail. > > > > Does anyone have similar in their passwd or is this weird? > > > > I have never seen comments in my /etc/passwd file. > > That would really cause some alarmbells to ring in my head. > > I've seen comments like this when portage makes changes, specifically in > /etc/portage/package.* - usually when package atoms change. Don't know > why it would do that with /etc/passwd though. Maybe it's an ebuild bug? > > Dan
I have similar here for various packages, which have :/sbin/nologin, e.g.: pcscd:x:109:103:added by portage for pcsc-lite:/var/run/pcscd:/sbin/nologin ipsec:x:110:998:added by portage for strongswan:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin polkitd:x:111:997:added by portage for polkit:/var/lib/polkit-1:/sbin/nologin -- Regards, Mick
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