Re: Does cyrus user need a shell?

Another data point: on my development/testing setup, the cyrus user's shell is /bin/false. I'm not sure what the practical difference is, if any, between this and nologin. I get no issues with this for conventional use. But for post-hoc debugging/examining state/etc, I often want a working

Re: Does cyrus user need a shell?

> they don't need one for running the Cyrus stuff. I realise I answered a slightly different question than you asked: "one" being an account, when you were asking about the shell. But the same answer holds true: since nothing is run in the context of the user, they don't need a shell. g

Re: Does cyrus user need a shell?

> whether cyrus (or other user cyrus-imapd runs as) need a shell? We run multiple servers, with tens of thousands of users' mailboxes on each, and there are only a few user accounts on the servers. Those are the admins. So the answer is no, they don't need one for running the Cyrus stuff. There

Does cyrus user need a shell?

Hi, a recent Debian bug sparkled a discussion whether cyrus (or other user cyrus-imapd runs as) need a shell? Debian packages create a cyrus user with disabled password, but nologin shell would add another layer on top of that. Cheers, -- Ondřej Surý Knot DNS