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 -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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