Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:04:51 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, 'Brooks Davis' <brooks@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <86slzvcfb0.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <001801c56ae1$15d05d90$0a2a15ac@SMILEY> (Darren Pilgrim's message of "Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:45:34 -0700") References: <001801c56ae1$15d05d90$0a2a15ac@SMILEY>
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"Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > What is the point of the underscore in _dhcp and _pflogd? > It's a convention used for system UIDs to prevent namespace > collisions with user accounts. It's not a FreeBSD convention. If the underscore serves no other purpose than satisfying an OpenBSD convention, it should go. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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