On 12 Apr 2001 01:23:31 +0400, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > As I said, I upgraded the setup package. Having a look at the /etc/passwd and
> > /etc/group files, I wonder about why there are some users/groups in there.
> >
> > In /etc/group, what do I need the groups qmail and djbdns for? I don't plan
> > on using djbdns and qmail. Further, why is there no group floppy anymore?
> > Currently my /dev/fd0* are group owned by floppy - what group should own
> > these files?
> >
> > In /etc/passwd, what do I need the users alias, qmail{d,l,p,q,r,s}, dnscache,
> > dnslog, tinydns and axfrdns for? I assume that these are also qmail and
> > djbdns related users. Why? Also there are the users postgres, dhcpd,
> > named, nscd, apache, rpcuser, rpc and sympa - if I don't use any of these
> > servers, what good are these users?
> >
>
> And all these users appear in kdm login user selection window because it
> does not know anything abut them :-(
>
> -andrej
>
>
Use the kdm configurator. In kde it is referred to as login manager.
It will let you define who is shown (i.e. all users, just these, except
these, etc.).
