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On 3/26/14, 2:32 PM, Michal Hrusecky wrote: |
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> Conclusion, in short, is to prefix system users (with some exceptions like root |
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> or nobody) with underscore '_'. So you would get users like '_pop', '_vdr', |
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> '_tor' or '_znc'. OpenBSD already does that[3]. openSUSE proposal with more |
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> details can be seen on GitHub[4]. |
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> So the question is, what would you think about such a policy in Gentoo? |
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+1 |
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Also the consistency of UIDs between installations seems to be a good thing. |
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Maybe we don't necessarily need that in Gentoo from the start, and just |
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using the underscore prefix would have nice benefits, but since we're |
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changing things I'd say let's consider that, and consistency with |
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openSUSE would also be a plus IMHO. |
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Paweł |
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