Subject: Re: dumb question: necessary uid's
To: Brian Andresen <btandresen@ucdavis.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/01/1997 17:46:45
> Since I first installed NetBSD, I've had a number of entries in
> master.passwd, and I'm not sure which ones need to stay and which don't:
>
> toor
> daemon
> operator
> bin
> games - do you have the games installed?
> uucp - probably need this one
> ingres - probably don't need this one
> falken - probably don't need this one
>
>
> I can see that the daemon and uucp entries need to stay, but what about
> the others? I guess I'm not sure what sort of processes use them or
> require their existence.
For the most part, there are several things in the standard distribution
owned by these psuedo users (except I think, falken and ingres).
> If this isn't appropriate material for the list, please follow up
> privately. Sorry for the newbie-esque question.
Mailing netbsd-help or netbsd-users might be more appropriate, as this
issue definitely isn't mac68k-specific.
I hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX