From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 06:46:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143641065670 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:46:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jef@math.miami.edu) Received: from zero.math.miami.edu (zero.math.miami.edu [192.70.171.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A168FC22 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:45:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jef@math.miami.edu) Received: from phantom.math.miami.edu (phantom.math.miami.edu [129.171.34.4]) by zero.math.miami.edu (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m7R6Nuoi001987 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:23:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jef@math.miami.edu) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:23:55 -0400 (EDT) From: jef moskot To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080827021935.T59147@phantom.math.miami.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: messagebus user X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:46:00 -0000 We just upgraded to a new server (FreeBSD 7.0) and in our passwd file is the user "messagebus" (there's also a group). What's this for and can the UID be changed? It's got the same number as one of our oldest users and we're trying to determine which UID would be easier to switch. While this obviously has something to do with D-BUS (whatever that is), it's nothing we installed "on purpose". If it's not a part of the default system, it probably got bundled in as a dependency during an large port make. Any suggestions? Jeffrey Moskot System Administrator jef@math.miami.edu