From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 1 22:29:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA04145 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:29:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA04140 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:29:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA03992; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:29:17 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:29:17 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" 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: > 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? Don't think so. > operator -- what does this run? what is it intended for? I think some things run as 'operator', but I'm not sure. > games -- what is this for? if I don't have any games on my system, do > I need this user? See 'toor' > news, uucp -- as with 'games' above for these... See above > xten -- what is X-10? I don't think I'm running this...? X-10 is a power controller daemon, IIRC. I'm not sure it's even used for anything anymore. Maybe a lot of these psuedo-users aren't NECESSARY, but what do they hurt? > 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? Hope not. I changed root's shell back to /bin/sh, where it belongs :P > Thanks! > > Brian Hooper *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message