On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 11:39:53PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > also note that i did not install qmail on this system, so why are > qmail users present? there are several users installed here that > have to do with packages i do not have installed... it's because other packages aren't allowed to change /etc/passwd (provide by base-passwd) cf Debian Policy Manual. but you are free to remove then! David.