Hi all
I'm wondering what of the following accounts I can set a /bin/false shell for and the system still work OK. Its a Debian box with shadow passwords running as a web server to serve up MySQL data to the Web.
Im pretty sure I can set all of the following to to bin/false. Is that right?
However another possibility is to remove one or more of the acounts as it will not be running postgres, irc chat a printer or news etc.
Whats backup,proxy,operator,list?
Is removing an account better than setting a nologin shell? or will some Debian package complain if an account is missing?
games:x:5:100:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh postgres:x:31:32:postgres:/var/lib/postgres:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:SmartList:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var:/bin/sh
These I am going to leave as-is.
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:100:sync:/bin:/bin/sync man:x:6:100:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/home:/bin/sh
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