On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:27:41AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 2004 12:29:15 +0200, Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be> > wrote: > >If you create a username such as "exim4" for local purposes, and expect > >no namespace conflicts when installing the "exim4" package, IMO it's not > >the package at fault. Even if we create usernames like "Debian-foo" or > >"foo-Debian", who's to say that this pattern will not be noticed by > >people who will then think that the only valid usernames on a Debian > >system are those that start, resp. end, with "Debian"? > > First, Debian-foo usernames won't be present in gazillions. If that's the case, then what's the point? > Second, adduser could be made to refuse to create non-system > Debian-foo accoutns without a big warning. That could help. > Third, we will of course prominetly document that policy. documentation isn't the issue. Ugliness without much added value (IMHO, at least), is. -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR -- mud -- FIRE soda water | tequila WATER -- with thanks to fortune
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