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regarding mumudvb: using a questionable username
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Package: mumudvb
Version: 1.6-1
Severity: important
Hi,
is there a good reason why this package creates a username which starts
with an underline?
Allowing use of questionable username.
Adding system user `_mumudvb' (UID 110) ...
If there is not a good reason to have the _ there, I'd suggest to rename
to user to mumudvb.
Cheers,
Bernd
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.4-think+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- Begin Message ---
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html
The one way to go is now defined in Policy at ยง 9.2.1 :
When maintainers choose a new hardcoded or dynamically generated
username for packages to use,
they should start this username with an underscore. This minimizes
collisions with locally created user accounts.
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