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Date:      Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:37:48 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: What is user uucp good for?
Message-ID:  <20021107083747.B592@firefly.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021105205749.GA70604@barbera.system.pl>; from saper@system.pl on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:57:50PM %2B0100
References:  <20021102054139.GE39842@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021103032757.GA14982@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021105205749.GA70604@barbera.system.pl>

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On Tuesday,  5 November 2002 at 21:57:50 +0100, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
> Kris Kennaway (kris@obsecurity.org) napisa?(a):
>> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> A number of base system utilities and ports still use it for access to
>> the serial port devices (which are owned by the uucp user).  Really,
>> the uucp user is now misnamed and should be called something like
>
> Let's leave it like it is.
>
> Maybe future generations will wonder what it is named after
> similarly to GCOS field in passwd today :-)

At the very least we should change the shell.  But Kris' suggestions
sound the best.

Greg
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