-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, David Stephen wrote:
> When installing certain applications, such as diald and postgres, the > instructions recommend running them with a purpose established user/group > like postgres/postgres. > > I presume that these should be setup without a password but I can't figure > out how to do this with shadow passwords enabled. Not so much "without a password", but they shouldn't be able to be used to log in to the machine. A null password would allow the account to be used by anyone who could connect to your machine, which is Bad. You should lock the account, which effectively sets a password which can never be correctly supplied. You can do this with `usermod -L <username>` (without quotes) replacing <username> with the account name you wish to lock. See usermod(8) for more information. - -- "I know of no technological device at this time that would [prevent piracy] and if it did exist, it would only be a matter of days before the [..] manufacturers would have an override piece of equipment on their machine and you would start from ground zero again." -- Jack Valenti, President of the MPAA (1982) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iD8DBQE+B209T21+qRy4P+QRAqkYAJ9NX7OdeGMVjqoGcgolVxHl0KLa7QCdEEdI fo5HGr23WmlUFsHXI5yH4oA= =tV9w -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
