RE: /etc/passwd & user IRC
On 01-Sep-2000 Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was searching for UID of irc user (some time ago I've seen such user
> exists); now I can't find it. adding of irc package runs adduser --system
> which is nice but I don't prefer that method (some UIDs were already
> allocated for some users sometie ago, why not to use them?).
>
> dpkg -S /etc/passwd tells /etc/passwd belongs to no package (very nice...)
>
> Now, please don't advise just get one free number; if you can respond
> - why doesn't /etc/passwd belong to any package ?
it is generated, not provided. the package in question is a mix of base-files
and base-passwd.
> - why was user 'irc' removed ?
> - is it safe to create user with uid 39 that was used for irc some time ago?
in general it is a bad idea to add system level users, Debian may need uid 39
to be something else.
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