Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:02:45 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick poppassd question Message-ID: <20030602170244.GA53243@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <AJENJFOLCLAHHIIGCCHNAEAGGMAA.admin-lists@wolfpaw.net> References: <001b01c3291e$80b3ca90$23fbab3f@psknet.com> <AJENJFOLCLAHHIIGCCHNAEAGGMAA.admin-lists@wolfpaw.net>
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While normally not able to pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel, on Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:50 our dear friend Wolfpaw - Dale Corse uttered this load of codswallop: > > Perhaps someone can shed more light on the subject, but it's my > > impression that most system process run with a UID/GID > > under 100. So a > > uid < 100 should deny the change request. > Perhaps, though the trend is running most things as non-priv > users, because it minimizes the damage to the server if a > process is compromised. Generally "non-system" accounts seem > to start at 1000 (BSD, and most Linux), or 500 (notably Redhat) > so.. you may want to use 500 as the magic number for portability > reasons. And for adding users manually you can change the 1000 to whatever value you want in the /etc/adduser.conf file. If you use the plain adduser command CLI with manual user options there is the -uid NNNNN piece. > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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