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Date:      Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:42:58 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Markus Stumpf <maex-freebsd-hackers@Space.Net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's 
Message-ID:  <22954.936265378@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 01:32:59 %2B0200." <19990902013259.B4058@space.net> 

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On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 01:32:59 +0200, Markus Stumpf wrote:

> May I vote for NO more predefined uids/gids at all?

This isn't about voting. It's about discussion. Emotional arguments and
matters of personal preference aren't helpful.

> I think there are already too many of them. If you get out of a
> FreeBSD only world to a *nix one, you'll run more and more into
> problems.

The numeric ID is not important. Neither is the name. So long as there's
something that people maintaining ports can use. I've followed Solaris'
lead on the choice of name, ``smtp''.

I think you may have jumped onto a bandwagon without checking where it's
headed. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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