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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--3VRmKSg17yJg2MZg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 NOTE: To fetch an updated copy of my GPG key which has not expired, finger kris@FreeBSD.org --3VRmKSg17yJg2MZg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6b5PnWry0BWjoQKURAjGVAKDKQHUqVb2TaqngssDpUvXcf5z0MQCgutkp ba6lUhItxUXqPEScEgyVUmI= =Ec/K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3VRmKSg17yJg2MZg-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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