Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] portage user not listed in /etc/shadow ?

2019-01-16 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 16/01/19 12:59, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > On Wed, 2019-01-16 at 12:20 +, M. J. Everitt wrote: >> On 16/01/19 11:58, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>> How come portage isn't in shadow, only in passwd ? >>> Seems wrong to me. >>> >>> Jocke >> Because the portage user never logs on .. hence has no

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] portage user not listed in /etc/shadow ?

2019-01-16 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
On Wed, 2019-01-16 at 12:20 +, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 16/01/19 11:58, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > How come portage isn't in shadow, only in passwd ? > > Seems wrong to me. > > > > Jocke > Because the portage user never logs on .. hence has no password. That said, That goes for evry other

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] portage user not listed in /etc/shadow ?

2019-01-16 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 16/01/19 11:58, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > How come portage isn't in shadow, only in passwd ? > Seems wrong to me. > > Jocke Because the portage user never logs on .. hence has no password. That said, it does seem an odd situation, since even users with no password do tend to appear in

[gentoo-portage-dev] portage user not listed in /etc/shadow ?

2019-01-16 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
How come portage isn't in shadow, only in passwd ? Seems wrong to me. Jocke