Re: New installer - initial user creation

[Alexander Hall]

Thomas Pfaff wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:09:27 +
> "Thordur I. Bjornsson"  wrote:
>> viq  wrote on Fri 26.Jun'09 at 14:45:04 +0200
>>
>>> Since the user created during installation is somewhat marketed as "root
>>> replacement", shouldn't he be added to staff login class ?
>> Yes, I'd actually love that. Then I could use it.
> 
> While we're at it, would it not make sense to set /etc/mail/aliases to
> this user as well?

Personally, I prefer keeping that file as-is and add a /root/.forward
file instead...

Re: New installer - initial user creation

[Thomas Pfaff]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:09:27 +
"Thordur I. Bjornsson"  wrote:
> viq  wrote on Fri 26.Jun'09 at 14:45:04 +0200
> 
> > Since the user created during installation is somewhat marketed as "root
> > replacement", shouldn't he be added to staff login class ?
> 
> Yes, I'd actually love that. Then I could use it.

While we're at it, would it not make sense to set /etc/mail/aliases to
this user as well?

Re: New installer - initial user creation

[Kenneth R Westerback]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 03:12:52PM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Thordur I. Bjornsson wrote:
> 
> > viq  wrote on Fri 26.Jun'09 at 14:45:04 +0200
> > 
> > > Since the user created during installation is somewhat marketed as "root
> > > replacement", shouldn't he be added to staff login class ?
> > 
> > Yes, I'd actually love that. Then I could use it.
> > 
> > krw ?
> 
> 
> I already sent a diff to krw@ to do just that a couple of months ago. I 
> think he wanted theo's input first.
> 
> -- 
> Antoine

Antoine is correct. Now that steam is not coming out of his ears
on other topics (of course I haven't been on icb yet today ...) I
will ask him about this.

 Ken

Re: New installer - initial user creation

[Antoine Jacoutot]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Thordur I. Bjornsson wrote:

> viq  wrote on Fri 26.Jun'09 at 14:45:04 +0200
> 
> > Since the user created during installation is somewhat marketed as "root
> > replacement", shouldn't he be added to staff login class ?
> 
> Yes, I'd actually love that. Then I could use it.
> 
> krw ?


I already sent a diff to krw@ to do just that a couple of months ago. I 
think he wanted theo's input first.

-- 
Antoine

Re: New installer - initial user creation

[Thordur I. Bjornsson]

viq  wrote on Fri 26.Jun'09 at 14:45:04 +0200

> Since the user created during installation is somewhat marketed as "root
> replacement", shouldn't he be added to staff login class ?

Yes, I'd actually love that. Then I could use it.

krw ?

New installer - initial user creation

[viq]

Since the user created during installation is somewhat marketed as "root
replacement", shouldn't he be added to staff login class ?
--
viq

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