cvs commit: src/sbin/nologin Makefile nologin.c
    Tim Kientzle 
    tim at kientzle.com
       
    Sun Feb 22 22:06:18 PST 2004
    
    
  
David Schultz wrote:
> 
> One unfortunate side-effect [of dynamic /bin is that] custom
> versions of nologin that people have written as shell scripts are
> now insecure.
Is there any reason why "login -p" should be permitted
if the user's shell is not listed in /etc/shells ?
chpass already enforces a clear distinction between
"standard" and "non-standard" shells.  It seems reasonable
for login(1) to also be aware of that distinction.
Tim
    
    
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