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Date:      Tue, 22 Jun 2004 02:41:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Michael Reifenberger <mike@Reifenberger.com>
To:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: _<service> users [Was: startup error for pflogd]
Message-ID:  <20040622023829.G11925@fw.reifenberger.com>
In-Reply-To: <200406220157.02776.max@love2party.net>
References:  <20040620134437.P94503@fw.reifenberger.com> <20040621164657.GA2544@dragon.nuxi.com> <200406220157.02776.max@love2party.net>

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Max Laier wrote:
...
> Okay, let's talk about this then: Any strong optionions one way or the other?
>
> I think this is a bikeshed. There is no technical argument (to my knowledge)
> that suggests either. My vote is for "_<service>" to keep the diff down, but
> that is not an argument of course. Others have said that it:
> - helps to recognize system processes
> - helps to see "bad things" happening (1000 _pflogd is not a good sign)
> - resolves possible namespace problems
>

One technical argument could be that _<service> users would look like
RFC2782 DNS-SRV entries.

Bye/2
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