Re: gnats user

2018-03-08 Thread Toni Mas i Soler
I removed it yesterday, too. No problems at the moment. Toni Mas 2018-03-07 20:13 GMT+01:00 : > On Wednesday, March 07, 2018 01:16:06 AM Reco wrote: > > Along with other uid<100 users, 'gnats' is there for a long time, > > nobody's sure what will break if it's removed from

Scary things about Linux (was: Re: gnats user)

2018-03-07 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 02:13:07PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, March 07, 2018 01:16:06 AM Reco wrote: > > Along with other uid<100 users, 'gnats' is there for a long time, > > nobody's sure what will break if it's removed from passwd(5), > > Wow! (I am not the

Re: gnats user

2018-03-07 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, March 07, 2018 01:16:06 AM Reco wrote: > Along with other uid<100 users, 'gnats' is there for a long time, > nobody's sure what will break if it's removed from passwd(5), Wow! (I am not the OP, but that is disappointing (but not surprising, I suspect the same or similar about

Re: gnats user

2018-03-06 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 07/03/2018 11:46, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 05:57:36AM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: Thanks, a useful read. But all it says regarding gnats is "." :) Nothing's perfect ☺. I suggest thinking about it this way: Along with other uid<100 users, 'gnats' is there for a

Re: gnats user

2018-03-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 05:57:36AM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Thanks, a useful read. > But all it says regarding gnats is "." :) Nothing's perfect ☺. I suggest thinking about it this way: Along with other uid<100 users, 'gnats' is there for a long time, nobody's sure what will

Re: gnats user

2018-03-06 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Thanks, a useful read. But all it says regarding gnats is "." :) On 2018-03-06 16:57, Reco wrote: [1], chapter 12.1.12.1. Reco [1]https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html

Re: gnats user

2018-03-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 04:32:03PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Hi all, > > Can somebody explain why gnats user comes even with a minimalistic > netinstall Debian? [1], chapter 12.1.12.1. Reco [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch12.en.html