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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:48:07 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Matt Chew Spence <matt@nren.nasa.gov>
Cc:        Lawrence Sica <larry@interactivate.com>, Guillermo Leandro <guille@galileo.or.cr>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Default users and the passwords
Message-ID:  <20010124184807.H45221@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.4.30.0101241103350.15387-100000@obivon.nren.nasa.gov>; from matt@nren.nasa.gov on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:12:24AM -0800
References:  <3A6E7F77.6DFC4A3E@interactivate.com> <Pine.SUN.4.30.0101241103350.15387-100000@obivon.nren.nasa.gov>

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On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:12:24AM -0800, Matt Chew Spence wrote:
>=20
> Another question in a similar vein:
>=20
> Which, if any (besides root and nobody, which are a given), of these
> default accounts are critical to the basic functionality of the box?  Is
> there a list somewhere where I can match these phantom/daemon users to
> their functionality/dependencies?  I'd just as soon blow away things I'll
> never use, (uucp, xten, etc), but I am loathe to do so without a better
> understanding of the ramifications thereof....

I believe all of them. Just leave them be, they don't consume any
resources except for the abstract numerical resource of one UID number.

Kris

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