Does cyrus user need a shell?

Ondřej Surý ondrej at sury.org
Tue Feb 7 10:45:32 EST 2017


Hi,

a recent Debian bug sparkled a discussion whether cyrus (or other user
cyrus-imapd runs as) need a shell? Debian packages create a cyrus user
with disabled password, but nologin shell would add another layer on top
of that.

Cheers,
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