On 25/08/14 17:20, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Thanks for the prompt reply. > > On 25/08/14 16:53, Simon McVittie wrote: >> On 25/08/14 14:01, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >>> is there for Debian a daemon user naming scheme or custom ? >> >> Several :-( >> >> The ones I've seen suggested are (assuming a package, daemon or user >> whose simple name is "foo"): >> >> * _foo >> * foo >> * debian-foo >> * Debian-foo >> * Dfoo >> >> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248809> has been open >> since 2004 and shows no signs of resolution. >> >> I think I slightly prefer _foo, which originated in *BSD.
Moreover, _foo is not accepted by adduser, the option --force-badname must be used. > > Let assume this custom: > is then /var/lib/foo the custom name for its home directory ? > I have just realized that I should avoid this question. > However, none >> of the packages I maintain actually do that; they use Debian-foo or >> debian-foo for historical reasons (that seemed to be the most popular at >> the time, and changing a username once you have created it is hard to >> get right). >> >> S >> >> > Thanks, > Jerome > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53fb72d0.2050...@rezozer.net
