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Re: pruning cruft in /etc/passwd and /etc/group



Andrew Schulman wrote:
> backup bin daemon games irc list lp mail man messagebus operator 
> proxy sync sys uucp
> 
> Some of these are traditional, e.g. bin and mail.  But do I really need, 
> for example, all of bin, daemon, operator, and sys?  That sounds like 
> four of the same thing to me.  Does man really need its own user?
> 
> Here's a list of questionable entries in /etc/group:
> 
> adm audio backup bin daemon dialout dip disk fax floppy games irc kmem 
> list logcheck lp lpadmin mail man messagebus nogroup ntop operator proxy 
> sasl scanner shadow src ssh staff sudo sword sys tape tty utmp uucp 
> video voice

I auggest you refer to
/usr/share/doc/base-passwd/users-and-groups.txt.gz

-- 
see shy jo

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