Passwordless accounts vi ports!

[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

> I just checked the security scanning outputs of FreeBSD and found this
> surprising result:
> 
> [...]
> Checking for passwordless accounts:
> polkitd::565:565::0:0:Polkit Daemon User:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
> pulse::563:563::0:0:PulseAudio System User:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> saned::194:194::0:0:SANE Scanner Daemon:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
> clamav::106:106::0:0:Clamav Antivirus:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> bacula::910:910::0:0:Bacula Daemon:/var/db/bacula:/usr/sbin/nologin
> [...]
> 
> Obviously, some ports install accounts but do not secure them as there is an
> empty password.
> 
> I consider this not a feature, but a bug.

Indeed, but I can't reproduce it on my hosts. There must be some reason
for this to happen ?

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