[Techtalk] Securely transferring files using scripts

[Jenn Vesperman]

On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 06:06, jennyw wrote:
> Thanks! This seems to be exactly the thing I was looking for!  I'll also 
> look at /bin/false as Jenn suggested.  What's the diff between setting the 
> shell to that as opposed to /dev/null?

About eight characters. :)

Seriously: there is no difference. All it means is 'a shell that is no
shell'. 
Though /bin/false and /bin/true are executable, which means it probably
makes some sort of difference in the deep voodoo that Val, Akk and Alan
know and the rest of us see dimly. :)


Jenn V.
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