Subject: Re: User that I didn't add appearing on NetBSD system
To: Eric <kellybelly@gwi.net>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/05/2006 09:27:06
On 5-Jan-06, at 4:13 AM, Eric wrote:
> I've been using NetBSD 2.0 for a few months, and just configured  
> kdm so that I can log-in graphically.  When I did so, I noticed two  
> other users - "nobody" and "cyrus" - listed on the display.
> I'm not that concerned about "nobody", but what/who is "cyrus"?  I  
> haven't added any other users to the system.  Cyrus' "Full Name"  
> according to kusers begins with instmp.  Is this a user needed for  
> the system, or has my system been compromised (I configured my own  
> ipf firewall based on an example from the FreeBSD handbook, and  
> haven't felt 100% comfortable with my work).
> I'd like to delete "cyrus" but don't want to muck things up.

You probably added the Cyrus imapd client or cyrus-saslauth stuff.

cyrus:*:1003:6:cyrus-sasl cyrus user:/nonexistent:/bin/sh