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Date:      Sun, 21 Oct 2001 19:25:15 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Cc:        Dirk Meyer <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned
Message-ID:  <20011021192515.B32190@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20011021101831.B45417@over-yonder.net>
References:  <4QAWHA6EXO@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20011017155854.A43168@nagual.pp.ru> <4QAWHA6EXO@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20011019021808.A1594@over-yonder.net> <FqMWzg6EXO@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20011021191611.A32190@nagual.pp.ru> <20011021101831.B45417@over-yonder.net>

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On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 10:18:31 -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 07:16:11PM +0400 I heard the voice of
> Andrey A. Chernov, and lo! it spake thus:
> > 
> > I don't think it is nice. It makes changes to all dependend 
> > ports more difficult than simple nobody->www nogroup->www. 
> > People who really want another name, can add one 
> > /etc/passwd line with the same uid.
> 
> Doesn't matter if you're testing for the existence of the username, then
> trying to add it, then making the port use it.

No, dependent ports must not add any username.

> *I* know what username I want the port to use better than it does.

Maybe, but it looks like unnecessary complication in this case.  
We already have fixed name before "nobody:nogroup" and nobody
tries to change it.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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