Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:09:05 +0200 From: legalois <legalois@acm.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: one answer Message-ID: <4324B911.9020902@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <ijacijptdi.cij@mail.opusnet.com> References: <43241982.7080108@acm.org> <43241CA3.7040706@acm.org> <ijacijptdi.cij@mail.opusnet.com>
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote: >legalois <legalois@acm.org> writes: > > > >>But that does not explain when, how or why? >> >> > >It was earlier than 20'jun'93, the oldest master.passwd in CVS >which says that it was imported from "386BSD 0.1". > > >It's easier to guess an explanation for this orignal entry: > > daemon:*:1:31::0:0:The devil himself:/root: > >That lasted only 8 months in FreeBSD, and the exorcism was not >mentioned in the CVS commit message. > > > > That helps and provides a lead. Based on that provenance, I guess Marshall Kirk McCusick would know. (He probably would know, in any case.) Thanks.
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