On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 07:59:48PM +0700, David Garamond wrote: > >/var/mail isn't a system account, it's infrastructure. > > By "system account", I meant a Unix account which has UID < 1000 (or is > it < 500?).
Ok, I see what you mean. There is a "mail" user defined with a home directory of /var/mail. I think all the users and groups with UID < 100 are permanent fixtures of Debian, defined in the base-passwd package. Even if you removed this user (which would be a bad idea) /var/mail would not be deleted. all I can see that this user / group is used for on my box is creating lock files in /var/mail, and by procmail (probably for the same purpose) ls -l /usr/bin | grep ' mail ' > Thanks for the explanation. I see that the "usermin-mailbox" package > defines it, but that's probably not where it originates. Every package that uses a directory mentions it like that. This is necessary for the build process to work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
