The following reply was made to PR bin/32515; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,
	ykomatsu@akaumigame.org
Subject: Re: bin/32515: useradd and the pkginstall framework
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:41:06 +0200

 Pavel Cahyna wrote:
 
 >  I object - /sbin/nologin should disable login, and for e.g. ftpd this is
 >  done by not having it in /etc/shells.
 
 actually, the ftpd in netbsd is perfectly okay with this. the only
 reason to not add /sbin/nologin to /etc/shells is 3rd-party programs.
 
 -e.
 
 -- 
 Elad Efrat