[Adduser-devel] Bug#845791: Bug#845791: adduser: /bin/false vs /usr/sbin/nologin

[Afif Elghraoui]

Control: tag -1 + confirmed

Hello,

على السبت 26 تشرين الثاني 2016 ‫10:14، كتب Olaf van der Spek:
> Package: adduser
> Version: 3.115
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Some system accounts use /bin/false, most use /usr/sbin/nologin as shell.

It looks like the ones created by base-passwd are the ones using
/usr/sbin/nologin.

> adduser --system defaults to /bin/false.. wouldn't it be nicer to default to /usr/sbin/nologin?
> 

Yes.

Thanks and regards
Afif

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