On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > please, consider the following output of part of mine /etc/passwd: > > $ sudo grep ':/:' /etc/passwd > > cron:x:22:22::/:/bin/false > dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/bin/false > hal:x:82:82:HAL daemon:/:/bin/false > avahi:x:84:84:Avahi daemon:/:/bin/false > nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:/bin/false > dnsmasq:x:999:999:dnsmasq daemon:/:/sbin/nologin > usbmux:x:140:140:usbmux user:/:/sbin/nologin > > These 'users' are not allowed to login: either '/bin/false' or > '/sbin/nologin' is used as login shell (another question raises: why two > variants? why not just '/bin/false' or '/sbin/nologin'?) but they home > directoriy is '/'. I wonder why '/' was chosen for that? Is it possible to > change home directories for these 'users' to, say, '/dev/null' or > '/nonexistent'? > > The origin of my question comes from use of 'davfs': when used by normal > user (being member of 'network' group) 'mount.davfs' refuse mounting to > '/mnt/webdav' because '/' is home directory for some users. I found this > 'workaround': > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/WebDAV > (sec. "Troubleshooting") > so manually changed the home directories for these users to '/dev/null' > (I'm not sure is it save or good way). > > I don't think it would be any problem to use /dev/null or anything else in there, but it was probably the easiest thing to do (because nobody bothers with writing weird home directory names for those users. > --- > WBR, Vladimir Lomov > > -- > The Great Movie Posters: > > She's got the biggest six-shooters in the West! > -- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) > > CAST OF 3,000! > 4 WRITERS, > 2 DIRECTORS, > 3 CAMERAMEN, > 3 PRODUCERS! > 1 YEAR TO MAKE THIS FILM -- > 24 YEARS TO REHEARSE -- > 20 YEARS TO DISTRIBUTE! > BEAUTIFUL BEYOND WORDS! > AWE-INSPIRING! VITAL! > THE PRINCE OF PEACE PROVIDES THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM! > Be Brave--bring your troubles and your family to: > HISTORY'S MOST SUBLIME EVENT! YOU'LL FIND GOD RIGHT IN THERE! > -- The Prince of Peace (1948). Starring members of the > Wichita Mountain Pageant featuring Millard Coody as Jesus. A bit off-topic, but please, and I mean YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO drop it. `fortune -s` and it could be here, but otherwise you don't know what you'll get and you might end up with your signature longer than your actual message. So fix it. -- Kwpolska <http://kwpolska.tk> stop html mail | always bottom-post www.asciiribbon.org | www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html GPG KEY: 5EAAEA16 | Arch Linux x86_64, zsh, mutt, vim. # vim:set textwidth=70:
