Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Mo, den 21.02.2005 schrieb Michiel van Es um 15:46: > > >>when I use useradd of adduser in CentOS 3 or 4, the default shell a user >>gets /bin/bash. >>I want this to be changed to /bin/false for security reasons... >>How can I accomplish this? > > > useradd --help --> -s Shell > > So just use that parameter like "-s /bin/false". > > Alexander Alexander, Haven't seen you around in a long time. What's the haps man? Here's a side question in relation to the shell. Which convention is more correct, or does it even matter. /bin/false or /bin/nologin? -- Alex White prata@xxxxxxxxxxxx Fingerprint = 39E7 0191 EB59 FAEB 2A56 68EA 0153 501C 410F BB26 gpg key location: http://www.kuei-jin.org/GPG-KEY-PRATA From the withered tree, a flower blooms --Zen Proverb