Hi,

ntop-2.1.2-1mdk
fwmon-1.1.0-1mdk
sympa-3.2.1-5mdk

Is there some good reason why these programs take
uid's/gid's above 500?

from passwd after fresh install of Cooker (yesterday):

fwmon:!!:500:500::/var/log/fwmon:/bin/false
ntop:!!:501:120:system user for ntop:/var/lib/ntop:/bin/false
sympa:!!:89:501:Sympa mailing-list manager:/var/lib/sympa:/bin/false

If someone, like me using (for example) ldap to authenticate users, uid's and gid's 
for those programs always conflict with existing users.

Also just noticed these weirdness when changed uid's/gid's for ntop and
fwmon:
[root@traktori /]# ls -la /var/lib/ntop
total 4
drwx--x---    4 ntop     ntop           38 Sep 17 03:58 ./
drwxr-xr-x   38 root     root         4096 Sep 17 01:13 ../
drwxr-xr-x    2 ntop     ntop           20 Sep 17 03:58 .gimp-1.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 ntop     ntop           20 Sep 17 03:58 .gimp-1.3/

[root@traktori /]# ls -la /var/log/fwmon/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x    4 fwmon    fwmon          38 Sep 17 03:58 ./
drwxr-xr-x   27 root     root         4096 Sep 18 18:57 ../
drwxr-xr-x    2 fwmon    fwmon          20 Sep 17 03:58 .gimp-1.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 fwmon    fwmon          20 Sep 17 03:58 .gimp-1.3/

I guess those .gimp directories are not needed :-)

--juhani--

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