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Date:      Mon, 15 May 1995 12:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina)
Cc:        ache@freefall.cdrom.com, CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-etc@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd
Message-ID:  <199505151909.MAA07059@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199505151841.LAA20308@precipice.shockwave.com> from "Paul Traina" at May 15, 95 11:41:27 am

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> 
> The standard uid/group for nobody should be -2 -2 (65534, 65534).
> While it doesn't -really- matter, if you're going to change it, make it
> conform.

Yes, please do make them both 65534, do not use the -2 as it's value is
uid_t/gid_t dependent and has caused me inoperability problems on some
systems!

> Paul
> 
>   From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freefall.cdrom.com>
>   Subject: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd
>   ache        95/05/15 11:35:24
>   
>     Modified:    etc       master.passwd
>     Log:
>     Change xten shell from /dev/null to /nonexistant, adduser
>     complaints instead.
>     Change nobody user group from non existent in /etc/group (9999) to
>     existent nobody (39).
> 


-- 
Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                   Custom computers for FreeBSD



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