Bug#248809: policy needed for user names Debian name space
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. Second,
adduser could be made to refuse to create non-system Debian-foo
accoutns without a big warning. Third, we will of course prominetly
document that policy.
Greetings
Marc
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