On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:27:41AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 12:29:15 +0200, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>
> wrote:
> >If you create a username such as "exim4" for local purposes, and expect
> >no namespace conflicts when installing the "exim4" package, IMO it's not
> >the package at fault. Even if we create usernames like "Debian-foo" or
> >"foo-Debian", who's to say that this pattern will not be noticed by
> >people who will then think that the only valid usernames on a Debian
> >system are those that start, resp. end, with "Debian"?
>
> First, Debian-foo usernames won't be present in gazillions.
If that's the case, then what's the point?
> Second, adduser could be made to refuse to create non-system
> Debian-foo accoutns without a big warning.
That could help.
> Third, we will of course prominetly document that policy.
documentation isn't the issue. Ugliness without much added value (IMHO,
at least), is.
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