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Date:      Sat, 22 May 2010 18:50:00 -0700
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Users and groups kept after a port deinstallation
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On May 22, 2010, at 16:39 , Anonymous wrote:
>=20
> Such unused entries in passwd add clutter. It in turn makes managing
> users more complex. You have to remember which users are created by =
you
> and which ones are created by ports.

Irrespective of the UID/GID stuff mentioned elsewhere, merely go through =
the ports tree and add (or append) "(created by ports)" to the GECOS =
field of any such created users.

I'd like my shed to be white, for some definition of the sixty bazillion =
different "whites" out there, paint-wise.  Meh.  Hate painting.

-aDe




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