Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: jef moskot <jef@math.miami.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: messagebus user Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0808271113530.64444@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20080827021935.T59147@phantom.math.miami.edu> References: <20080827021935.T59147@phantom.math.miami.edu>
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, jef moskot wrote: > We just upgraded to a new server (FreeBSD 7.0) and in our passwd file is the > user "messagebus" (there's also a group). > > What's this for and can the UID be changed? It's got the same number as one > of our oldest users and we're trying to determine which UID would be easier > to switch. > > While this obviously has something to do with D-BUS (whatever that is), it's > nothing we installed "on purpose". If it's not a part of the default system, > it probably got bundled in as a dependency during an large port make. If dbus is required, you should be able to create the messagebus user before installing the dbus port. Then the port's pkg-install should see that you already have a messagebus user and use it instead of creating a new one. (Untested, but it seems like that's worked for upgrading dbus.) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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