Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : For that matter, do we still need xten, a user who has been pushed so far : to the edge of obscurity that it's home directory doesn't even exist on a : freshly installed system (and I'm not talking about

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 04:23:38AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : For that matter, do we still need xten, a user who has been pushed so far : to the edge of obscurity that it's home directory doesn't even exist on

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread Greg Lehey
On Tuesday, 5 November 2002 at 21:57:50 +0100, Marcin Cieslak wrote: Kris Kennaway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) napisa?(a): On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: A number of base system utilities and ports still use it for access to the serial port devices (which are

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
Maybe future generations will wonder what it is named after similarly to GCOS field in passwd today :-) At the very least we should change the shell. But Kris' suggestions sound the best. I agree. But more importantly, let's make sure that we don't, by removing the uucp login, make it

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 05:57:22PM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: Maybe future generations will wonder what it is named after similarly to GCOS field in passwd today :-) At the very least we should change the shell. But Kris' suggestions sound the best. I agree. But more importantly,

[current] Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread David Gilbert
M == M Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: M In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ceri Davies M [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : For that matter, do we still M need xten, a user who has been pushed so far : to the edge of M obscurity that it's home directory doesn't even exist on a : M freshly installed

Re: [current] Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : M == M Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : M In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ceri Davies : M [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : For that matter, do we still : M need xten, a user who has been pushed so far : to the

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-05 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Kris Kennaway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) napisa(a): On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: A number of base system utilities and ports still use it for access to the serial port devices (which are owned by the uucp user). Really, the uucp user is now misnamed and should

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-05 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:57:50PM +0100, Marcin Cieslak wrote: Kris Kennaway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) napisa?(a): On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: A number of base system utilities and ports still use it for access to the serial port devices (which are owned

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-02 Thread Mark Murray
Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? Probably not. If you remove this, please coordinate an upgrade to the net/freebsd-uucp port the get the user added there. Thanks! M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_Warning:

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-02 Thread John Hay
Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? Probably not. If you remove this, please coordinate an upgrade to the net/freebsd-uucp port the get the user added there. Also remember that /dev/cua* is owned by uucp.

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-02 Thread Frank Mayhar
John Hay wrote: Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? Probably not. If you remove this, please coordinate an upgrade to the net/freebsd-uucp port the get the user added there. Also remember that /dev/cua*

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-02 Thread Marcel Moolenaar
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:01:34PM +0200, John Hay wrote: Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? Probably not. If you remove this, please coordinate an upgrade to the net/freebsd-uucp port the get the user

Re: What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-02 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:11:39PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? A number of base system utilities and ports still use it for access to the serial port devices (which are

What is user uucp good for?

2002-11-01 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
Now that uucp is no longer in the base system, is there any reason to keep user uucp in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message