Re: Questions regarding the base system
On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
dwarf>On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Christoph Lameter wrote:
dwarf>
dwarf>> Why would the base system create a user? I am running the base system
dwarf>> and a few other things on some unit here that should not allow anything
dwarf>> going on except superuser logins.
dwarf>>
dwarf>As I remember, the user is created to provide a "person" to send mail to
dwarf>regarding any installation problems.
It is better to send that mail to root. That is the classical approach
expected.
dwarf>These questions pecking around at the base system are somewhat confusing.
dwarf>It would help those of us who are trying to speak to these issues if we
dwarf>knew what your goals are in this discussion. What overall issue are we
dwarf>discussing here?
It seems that I am about to rework the boot process and I just want to see
what issues are involved here and what I could change and what I should
not change.
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