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Date:      Thu, 18 Oct 2001 23:53:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org>
To:        Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: /src/etc/ group master.passwd
Message-ID:  <20011018235156.M84717-100000@volatile.chemikals.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011017110055.A92007@lizzy.bugworks.com>

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I guess we need to change the name of the bind user from bind to dns then?

That aside, I think the user should be www:www.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Jos Backus wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:35:43AM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> > I just now saw the commit adding www:www (80:80) to
> > /etc/{master.passwd,group}.  Might I suggest consideration
> > that the Apache *user* be "apache," i.e. "apache:www (80:80)."
>
> I would argue against this: it should be the name of a service, not the name
> of a particular provider of that service.
>
>

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