Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/passwd entry query
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:40:06
Message-Id: 3948ccc0-5711-4df1-bc9a-488041449556@email.android.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /etc/passwd entry query by Adam Carter
1 Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >I probably haven't looked at this file for years, but it contains
3 >
4 >named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/sbin/nologin
5 >#named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/bin/bash
6 >
7 >#postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for
8 >postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin
9 >postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for
10 >postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/bash
11 >
12 >I've now changed postfix to nologin, and since then it has restarted
13 >cleanly and accpted new mail.
14 >
15 >Does anyone have similar in their passwd or is this weird?
16
17 I have never seen comments in my /etc/passwd file.
18 That would really cause some alarmbells to ring in my head.
19 --
20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/passwd entry query Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>