On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 06:50:43PM +0800, Fritz Mesedilla wrote:
> there are a lot of user acounts in our server. like news, lp,
> etc. can i safely delete them or is it okay for them to remain
> there because they are essential to the smooth operation of the
> server? what about their passswords?
Yes, it's okay to delete those accounts if you don't provide the
corresponding service. Check the "General System Security,
Special accounts" section of "Securing and Optimizing Linux,
RedHat Edition" from your nearest LDP mirror or at
http://ldp.q-linux.com/.
HTH
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