diff -ru /var/abs/extra/fetchmail/fetchmail.install fetchmail/fetchmail.install
--- /var/abs/extra/fetchmail/fetchmail.install	2010-06-13 23:35:45.000000000 -0430
+++ fetchmail/fetchmail.install	2010-06-14 18:44:43.308324822 -0430
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
   # /etc/fetchmail must be owned by fetchmail for daemon to work.
   echo "If you run fetchmail as a daemon and not a cron job"
   echo "then 'chown fetchmail /etc/fetchmailrc'"
-  # the su in /etc/rc.d/fetchmail wont work without a shell.
   getent passwd fetchmail >/dev/null || usr/sbin/useradd -u 90 -g nobody \
-      -d '/var/run/fetchmail' -c 'Fetchmail daemon' -s /bin/bash fetchmail
+      -d '/var/run/fetchmail' -c 'Fetchmail daemon' -s /bin/false fetchmail
 }
 
 # arg 1:  the new package version
diff -ru /var/abs/extra/fetchmail/fetchmail.rc fetchmail/fetchmail.rc
--- /var/abs/extra/fetchmail/fetchmail.rc	2010-06-13 23:35:45.000000000 -0430
+++ fetchmail/fetchmail.rc	2010-06-14 18:44:28.137320489 -0430
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   start)
     stat_busy "Starting fetchmail"
     [ -z "$PID" ] &&
-		su -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d $INTERVAL -f $CONFIG" fetchmail
+		su -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d $INTERVAL -f $CONFIG" -s /bin/sh fetchmail
     if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
       stat_fail
     else