Re: RfD: documentation for statically assigned uid and gid
On Thu 01 Jun 2000, Marc Haber wrote:
> news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
> uid for the news server for file access control. Is this used by other
> packages than INN and CNEWS?
At least suck; maybe others as well.
> proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
> (didn't find any processes or files belonging to that uid on my test
> system). Used by web proxies?
Yes, e.g. wwwoffle
> video:*:44:
> for device nodes?
Yes, so that you can run xawtv (for example) as a user.
Paul Slootman
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