Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 05:01:20 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling =?unknown-8bit?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, 'Brooks Davis' <brooks@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <20050609120120.GC73244@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <86slzvcfb0.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <001801c56ae1$15d05d90$0a2a15ac@SMILEY> <86slzvcfb0.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:04:51AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: > "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> writes: > > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > > 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. > > It's not a FreeBSD convention. If the underscore serves no other > purpose than satisfying an OpenBSD convention, it should go. Agreed. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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