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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] /etc/passwd entry query
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:35:52
Message-Id: CAC=wYCEopG=xTy2SMZtJPYsRsUkkx7a1W9U7QMnrB4ntXReXYA@mail.gmail.com
1 I probably haven't looked at this file for years, but it contains
2
3 named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/sbin/nologin
4 #named:x:40:40:added by portage for bind:/etc/bind:/bin/bash
5
6 #postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for
7 postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin
8 postfix:x:207:207:added by portage for postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/bash
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10 I've now changed postfix to nologin, and since then it has restarted
11 cleanly and accpted new mail.
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13 Does anyone have similar in their passwd or is this weird?

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/passwd entry query "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>