Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:06:33 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc group master.passwd Message-ID: <20011017140633.B64561@coffee.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <1003340740.32578.11.camel@lion-around.at.yiff.net>; from chris@netmonger.net on Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 10:45:40PM %2B0500 References: <200110171321.f9HDLrP93078@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011017132055.A32709@netmonger.net> <20011017133420.A64561@coffee.q9media.com> <1003340740.32578.11.camel@lion-around.at.yiff.net>
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Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> writes: > On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 14:34, Mike Barcroft wrote: > > No, but enough installations require a www pseudo-user to make this > > change worthwhile. > > Why can't that user be created as needed? I already have an "apache" > user and group on my web servers - I create them when I install Apache. > I also have users on various machines for PostgreSQL, Cyrus, GDM, > NetSaint, MySQL, Courier, Gale, and Minivend, among others. But I don't > suggest that my needs should be added to the FreeBSD base system. The aformentioned software packages would be candidates for specific user accounts in the base system if there was enough of a userbase to justify their inclusion. > What's special about "www"? (Apart from being a horrible > unpronounceable word that's bugged me since it first appeared.) It's a somewhat generic username that's applicable to most web servers. There was a small HEADS-UP sent to -ports and -developers. This really should have went to -arch for discussion as this affects the base system as much as the ports collection and -developers is a private mailing list (designed for administrative uses only!). Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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