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Re: Where does 'www-data' come from?



On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:51:39PM -0500, J. S. Connell wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Eduardo Marcel Macan wrote:
> 
> > started to wonder... Where does the name "www-data" come from? IS there any
> > argument against 'www' ?
> 
> Or perhaps one might ask why Debian deviated from common practice in naming
> the httpd user "www-data" instead of "httpd", like "everyone else".

Because www-data is more descriptive?


Hamish
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