Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:26:28 +0200 From: "'Wilko Bulte'" <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <20050606222628.GA7834@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <002101c56ae3$c378ee10$0a2a15ac@SMILEY> References: <20050606214745.GA7450@freebie.xs4all.nl> <002101c56ae3$c378ee10$0a2a15ac@SMILEY>
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 03:04:46PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote.. > From: Wilko Bulte [mailto:wb@freebie.xs4all.nl] > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 02:45:34PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote.. > > > From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav > > > > Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > > > Log: > > > > > Add _dhcp user/group as required by the OpenBSD dhclient. > > > > > > > > What is the point of the underscore in _dhcp and _pflogd? > > > > > > It's a convention used for system UIDs to prevent namespace collisions > with > > > user accounts. > > > > Then it is not really all to consistently used (politely speaking) > > looking at what by default lives in /etc/passwd as system UIDs... > > If you look at the FreeBSD /etc/passwd, sure, but this is an OpenBSD > convention. Looking at the OpenBSD src/etc/master.passwd[1], it's very Ah, OK, I appreciate cultural differences are in place here. > [1] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/master.passwd > > <OT, EOT or off-list, thanks> Not too OT I think, interesting learning experience here. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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