From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 2 10:52:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA08285 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:52:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA08272 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:52:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA09125; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:52:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:52:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Brian Takashi Hooper cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what are all the different users for? In-Reply-To: <199804020209.LAA03059@rabu.garage.co.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Brian Takashi Hooper wrote: > toor -- I can see this is a different version of root, except with a > bourne-shell login; but can I get rid of it if I do not use it? Is it > needed for anything? Don't know there. > operator -- what does this run? what is it intended for? > games -- what is this for? if I don't have any games on my system, do > I need this user? > news, uucp -- as with 'games' above for these... > xten -- what is X-10? I don't think I'm running this...? All of these are pseudo-users who are used for permissions, like `bin' and `daemon'. > As a related question, can anyone tell me for sure if it's ok to change > the login shell for root? I am used to using bash, so I'd like to use > that; however, is there anything that depends on root being /bin/csh? No, but it's a good idea to make sure it's runnable if /usr/ explodes. Use su -m; it'll give you root privs while preserving your shell. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message