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Re: daemon users' $HOMEs?



also sprach Sven Mueller <sm+debian@leogic.com> [2004.10.10.1928 +0200]:
> /var/run/ircd, sshd uses /var/run/sshd. However hacluster
> (heartbeat) uses /tmp. /tmp is also the recommended home directory
> for system users on Mandrake and Redhat IIRC.

Call me strange, but something about /tmp strikes me as
inappropriate. It won't matter in this case, I guess, but still...

> If the daemon doesn't have any run-time data which would belong in 
> /var/lib or /var/spool, I would say use /tmp.

nobody has /nonexistent... maybe that's better then as it makes the
claim explicit.

Anyway, Sven, this is about your package spampd, and I suggested
/nonexistant. Better make that =~ s/a/e/ for consistency...

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