On 5/3/2011 2:50 PM, Timothy J Massey wrote:
> "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org> wrote on 05/03/2011
> 01:43:54 PM:
>
>  > As (marginally) added security, I give my 'backuppc' /etc/passwd entry
>  > the shell '/sbin/nologin' -- which works with sudo but disallows
>  > simple 'su' login. So a real shell is not necessary...
>
> This is also the default for the several BackupPC RPM's I've used in the
> past (which was a while ago, so YMMV).

I'm surprised that sudo doesn't honor the user's shell.  su can override 
it with a command line option, but the issue that prompted this thread 
is that the linux/bsd flavors of su take different options.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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