Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:27:57 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What is user uucp good for? Message-ID: <20021103032757.GA14982@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20021102054139.GE39842@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20021102054139.GE39842@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to > keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? A number of base system utilities and ports still use it for access to the serial port devices (which are owned by the uucp user). Really, the uucp user is now misnamed and should be called something like "serial" or "dialer". Kris --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9xJe8Wry0BWjoQKURAoHAAJ0U/w9Z4SjshG65bScMHi+C86/CigCgo9E8 q9821dI2t4vsQ856nUKFc4o= =N4zM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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