Why does the "news" account not have its shell set to /sbin/nologin ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The "news" account has an empty shell setting in /etc/passwd rather than have its shell set to /sbin/nologin.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 prior to 4.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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