Interesting -- then it isn't getting recreated from /etc/shadow or something...
Maybe there is some option that keeps maintenance from doing this -- but failing that, I'd consider this behavior a security issue. If the maintenance wants to complain (as it would on zVM for example if FTPSERVE was missing) that it can't apply the maintenance or something is missing -- that's fine. But actually creating accounts isn't... That would invalidate many security scans I know about at various customers... So - not much help from me, other than if 'games' is a required system account - I guess the joke's on us ;-) Maybe someone else has insight on ways to keep this from happening... Scott On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Marcy Cortes <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Scott. I started to answer that question earlier but apparently > didn't hit send. > > Userdel is what I used to remove them from the golden image. > > I suspect is was maintenance. Recently SP3 went on a bunch of servers. > > > Marcy > > "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If > you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, > you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message > or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, > please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this > message. Thank you for your cooperation." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Scott Rohling > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Where does "games" come from? > > Hi Marcy -- back to reality here... how did you remove the accounts? > Did any actions precipate them returning? > > Scott > > p.s. And Jack -- all due respect... other than: "that's what you get for > changing anything" -- I didn't get where any of your posts were going. > These mailing lists are about encouraging understanding - not discouraging > it. > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Marcy Cortes > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > That came out wrong. > > "the policy is still broken" > > > > I meant, we've gone against the policy. > > > > It's harder to win the policy battle that to just do it and move on. > > Believe me, I have enough other things to do. > > > > Marcy > > > > "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If > > you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the > addressee, > > you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this > message > > or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, > > please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this > > message. Thank you for your cooperation." > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
