Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:52:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Takashi Hooper <brian@garage.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what are all the different users for? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402105048.9007N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804020209.LAA03059@rabu.garage.co.jp>
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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
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