-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, David Rocher wrote:
> it's because other packages aren't allowed to change /etc/passwd > (provide by base-passwd) cf Debian Policy Manual. but you are free > to remove then! The Debian Policy Manual says that packages may add users to the system using 'adduser --system'. The only ids globally allocated by base-passwd are those where the program needs a specific uid or gid compiled into the binary. Interestingly, the manual says that the range 0-99 is for packages that need a single id, while 60000-64999 is for packages that need multiple ids. But qmail has uids 70-76... As a side note, be careful when changing users' shells to /bin/false--some packages depend on the shell being /bin/sh and you'll get minor breakage if you change them. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOCuCJ77M/9WKZLW5AQHn2wQApbMI9jaJxByFv9zwyYsSCW4VsqCGHohA ccYiPLgUAOlslSTkixg4NGeLYdTZOSM9VyJ/ifXkDi21JRkRVesOkmfB6Eyq51/R iYEniZlFxJxcE8s0kmipriIV5skMPu96izhdQHBH3TADk80NzicyslUld1KQzwZH fOPL3tt/ruw= =ijJy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
