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Re: [RFC] adding system users: which is the best way??



Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 01:51, Andreas Metzler wrote:
[...]
>> The problem with this is time. I need to add a system-user (for exim4)
>> _now_. Shall I go for namespace, and if yes which one? _debian-exim,
>> debian-dexim, DEB-exim?

> This might be pointing out the obvious, but anyway:

> If nothing else, perhaps email a freedesktop list to get a tentative/
> quick discussion of the topic - put some suggestions up there if you
> want to pre-empt particular convention, and tell them what you chose
> after a few days. Pre-existing usage (if you're the first), especially
> as the result of discussion with the relevant people, will add something
> to the decision process, hopefully toward not having to make changes in
> the future.

Can you suggest the correct list? (Don't bother if you don't know it
by heart and need to look it up, too.)
               cu andreas



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