+++ Colin Watson [2013-05-22 22:55 +0100]: > > * Append "Debian-" to the username, as in Debian-opensmtpd > > This was used by Debian-exim and not a lot else that I ever heard of. > In my view this scheme rightly failed; plenty of simple system > monitoring tools (top, ps, and the like) truncate long usernames in many > modes or turn them into UIDs, and sticking a seven-character prefix on > the front just seems to be trying to maximise the probability of trouble > like this, even though it is certainly clear.
And strictly speaking upper case is not allowed in UIDs, (if only to avoid confusion and getting someone-else's email) although everything seems to cope these days in practice. I do recall seeing a warning about the 'Debian-exim' name from something-or-other once, which was how I discovered the 'rule'. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130523104845.gw11...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk
