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Date:      Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:51:42 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: What is user uucp good for?
Message-ID:  <20021107015142.GA18421@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200211070057.gA70vMYc044944@orthanc.ab.ca>
References:  <20021107083747.B592@firefly.lemis.com> <200211070057.gA70vMYc044944@orthanc.ab.ca>

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On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:57:22PM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> I agree. But more importantly, let's make sure that we don't, by
> removing the uucp login, make it difficult for people to continue to run
> programs that need dialer access.

Note that I never suggested removing the uucp login (for precisely this
reason).

Kris

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