From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 17:20:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15B17106567D for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:20:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D35348FC19 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:19:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7RHJwSA064518; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m7RHJw7q064515; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: jef moskot In-Reply-To: <20080827021935.T59147@phantom.math.miami.edu> Message-ID: References: <20080827021935.T59147@phantom.math.miami.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:19:59 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: messagebus user X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:20:00 -0000 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