Hi, I have recently noticed that we ship a number of users with their shell set to /usr/sbin/nologin:
[2/4958]mh@swivel:~ $ grep nologin /usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master daemon:*:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin bin:*:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin sys:*:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin games:*:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin man:*:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin lp:*:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin news:*:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin uucp:*:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin proxy:*:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin www-data:*:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin backup:*:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin list:*:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin irc:*:39:39:ircd:/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin _apt:*:42:65534::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin [3/4959]mh@swivel:~ $ Hence, /usr/sbin/nologin is in login: [3/4959]mh@swivel:~ $ dpkg --search /usr/sbin/nologin login: /usr/sbin/nologin which is part of util-linux but not essential (but already frozen). Can we live with shipping users that have their shell pointing to a file that does not necessarily exist on all systems? [ ] No [ ] for trixie [ ] for forky [ ] yes ? What do you think? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 _______________________________________________ Pkg-shadow-devel mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-shadow-devel
