i have a rhel3.0 server here and rpm's shell is /sbin/nologin. Justin Bennett wrote: > Does the RPM user need a shell? I notice it is /bin/bash by default on > redhat 2.1ES. Possible security vulnerability? I notice there is no > passwd entry in /etc/shadow. > -- Darin Perusich Unix Systems Administrator Cognigen Corp. darinper at cognigencorp.com