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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>,
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Subject: Re: What is user uucp good for?
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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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