Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 12:45:24 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> (by way of RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>) To: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Users and groups kept after a port deinstallation Message-ID: <20100523124524.6310acad@gumby.homeunix.com> Resent-Message-ID: <20100523125324.7e951d9e@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <86d3wnxob3.fsf@gmail.com> References: <AANLkTindTvyrfPRj_cGWUC3LXWI63bGN5azaXo_xYRVu@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikNB0LbKG1qtL90F-thxeCvvSqnBxOCCDSucVS6@mail.gmail.com> <20100522005313.26dcfbdb@gumby.homeunix.com> <AANLkTim9NqCGi_iPMuoivw0z2bzEXHkt39VPk6c7aHyt@mail.gmail.com> <4BF787E2.9010907@dataix.net> <20100522120815.063975ae@gumby.homeunix.com> <4BF7C6EE.3010001@dataix.net> <20100522134212.3d5447a8@gumby.homeunix.com> <4BF7FB7D.1010501@dataix.net> <20100522235425.1ab2c504@gumby.homeunix.com> <86aarr8q0m.fsf@gmail.com> <20100523021135.7e5dbb4f@gumby.homeunix.com> <86d3wnxob3.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 07:57:36 +0400 Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> wrote: > > You don't have to remember, just look at the UID/GID values, > > ordinary users start at 1001, ports create UIDs < 1000. > > You're presuming non-ordinary users are created only by ports > framework. That's not always the case. I may want for example a > separate user for telnetd to broadcast ascii movies or youterm > sessions. ;) This has no relevance, we're talking about users that were previously created by ports and left behind after port deletions. > > This appears to refer to an admin confusing a normal user with a > > system user that's still in use by a port, so I don't see the > > relevance. > > No. It's about conflict: system user created by admin and system user > created by port happen to have same username. pw and adduser wont let you add usernames that already exist. I've no idea whether pwd_mkdb allows duplicates usernames with different UIDs, I've never tried it, but if you create users that way without performing a check, you deserve what you get.
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