/sbin/nologin

tyccea · 10-22-2003, 04:37 AM

I searched LQ for this, got 277 possibles (I didn't read them all, of course). Googling gave a lot of info, but I only discerned that /sbin/nologin is like a "fake" login, for root to see attempted break-ins -->
http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.p...640297&list=84

Where can I find good info on understanding what this shell is for? I'm going thru TLDP's Intro To Linux guide <<http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>> and tried the cat /etc/shells command, saw the nologin thing and thought "I'm screwed / rooted already".

TIA

cristi1979 · 10-22-2003, 05:21 AM

this is not a shell. Is a way to make users, but not let them loggin in your computer. For services and stuff.
You could make a shell with this name

, but what's the point?

tyccea · 10-22-2003, 07:56 AM

"shell" - duh me.

Maybe I'll read my posts

before I submit them.
Thanks for the definition.