Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:45:34 -0700 From: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?'=22Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav=22'?= <des@des.no>, "'Brooks Davis'" <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <001801c56ae1$15d05d90$0a2a15ac@SMILEY> In-Reply-To: <86u0kbdwgr.fsf@xps.des.no>
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From: Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav > Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > Log: > > Add _dhcp user/group as required by the OpenBSD dhclient. >=20 > What is the point of the underscore in _dhcp and _pflogd? It's a convention used for system UIDs to prevent namespace collisions = with user accounts.
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