Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 19:25:15 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: Dirk Meyer <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned Message-ID: <20011021192515.B32190@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20011021101831.B45417@over-yonder.net> References: <4QAWHA6EXO@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20011017155854.A43168@nagual.pp.ru> <4QAWHA6EXO@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20011019021808.A1594@over-yonder.net> <FqMWzg6EXO@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20011021191611.A32190@nagual.pp.ru> <20011021101831.B45417@over-yonder.net>
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On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 10:18:31 -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 07:16:11PM +0400 I heard the voice of > Andrey A. Chernov, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > I don't think it is nice. It makes changes to all dependend > > ports more difficult than simple nobody->www nogroup->www. > > People who really want another name, can add one > > /etc/passwd line with the same uid. > > Doesn't matter if you're testing for the existence of the username, then > trying to add it, then making the port use it. No, dependent ports must not add any username. > *I* know what username I want the port to use better than it does. Maybe, but it looks like unnecessary complication in this case. We already have fixed name before "nobody:nogroup" and nobody tries to change it. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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