Subject: Re: Minor /etc/security problems
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@arresum.inka.de>
List: tech-security
Date: 12/31/1998 14:23:44
On Thu Dec 31 01:06:35 1998, Michael C. Richardson wrote:
> >>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Laubach <mjl@emsi.priv.at> writes:
[..]
>   And... I hate to mention it, but it would be nice they happened to
> correspond to the default IDs used on Linux and Solaris machines. 

Are you willing to fix all installed systems after we change the [gu]ids?
It is no problem on a new system, but a big problem when you update
an existing system.

>   We *go* have: "games", "uucp", "ingres" and "falken".
> 
>   I'd like to see some of these removed. (UUCP stuff probably belongs in
> a sepereate dist set. Probably one that also has a non-MX-enabled sendmail
> available)

No, we ship uucp so it has to be in the passwd file, same applies for the
games account.

Bernd