pindakoe Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Mandriva's default /etc/passwd and /etc/group list users and groups for various system users. The reason for some is obvious from their name (squid for the suid proxy; postfix to run the postfix mail-system, etc), but I wonder about the need for the following users: adm, sync, operator, uucp, news, games. None of them own files. Anybody who can explain these users and whether they can be deleted from the system? The same applies to groups news, games. Surprisingly the group uucp owns some ttys in /dev/tty (I always thought uucp was the uold unix-to-unix-copy mail transfer system). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.