Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:09:46 +0900 (JST) From: Brian Takashi Hooper <brian@garage.co.jp> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: what are all the different users for? Message-ID: <199804020209.LAA03059@rabu.garage.co.jp>
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Hi ! I was wondering what the function/intended function is of each of these default users: 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? 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...? 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? Thanks! Brian Hooper To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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