Shutting off accounts (was: "Re: Multiple Root ID's ...")

[Bruce Barnett]

In article <19711 at mimsy.UUCP>, kilroy at mimsy (kilroy hasn't been here in *weeks*) writes:

>Changing the password field to something invalid (eg, `*') is more
>straightforward

Changing the password field isn't enough. They can get in using /etc/hosts.equiv
or .rhosts.

> but if you really want to keep an account from being
>used by changing the shell I'd recommend /usr/ucb/yes . . .

Why is 'yes(1)' better than 'true(1)' ?

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