On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:12:24AM -0800, Matt Chew Spence wrote:
> 
> Another question in a similar vein:
> 
> Which, if any (besides root and nobody, which are a given), of these
> default accounts are critical to the basic functionality of the box?  Is
> there a list somewhere where I can match these phantom/daemon users to
> their functionality/dependencies?  I'd just as soon blow away things I'll
> never use, (uucp, xten, etc), but I am loathe to do so without a better
> understanding of the ramifications thereof....

I believe all of them. Just leave them be, they don't consume any
resources except for the abstract numerical resource of one UID number.

Kris

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