On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 09:31 PM, Richard Larsen wrote:
> I noticed today that I have a bunch of new users installed on my > system. Usernames include News Server, MySQL Database Server and Game > Files Owner. I queried this on Macintoshian Achaia, ArsTechnica's Mac > site, and somebody there said that Fink installed these users. > > Why would Fink need to install new users? Was I informed of this as the > progress reports flew by in the command line? > > Basically, why? What's going on? You have installed a package which has a dependency on the 'passwd' package. 'passwd' is a sort of general-purpose package that sets up a couple of extra users on your system in the event that you someday decide to install packages that require these extra users. If you decide that you cannot bear the thought of these extra users on your system (note that there should be no security problems since they cannot be used to log into your system [they have no passwords]), you may consider deleting them, though I wouldn't recommend it personally. If you were to do so, though, be sure to use niutil or NetInfo Manager, NOT the System Preferences -> Users pane. Check the archives for more info. Also, Finlay is the maintainer of the 'passwd' package, if you have direct questions about it. Erik _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
