Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-29 Thread Graham Murray
Paul Hartman writes: > In general, you can assume portage will never delete any config files > or anything from /etc without your involvement (either manually or > with etc-update or similar). Do any of the config tools, etc-update, dispatch-conf, cfg-update etc, ever prompt for removing a redun

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-26 Thread Mick
On Thursday 26 May 2011 17:29:34 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 13:27 on Thursday 26 May 2011, Mick did > opine > > thusly: > > > > I just had a look and noticed that haldaemon is added as a user to a > > > > load of groups. The group 'cdrw' only has haldaemon as a user.

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-26 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Mick wrote: [snip] >> >> You should still delete it. > > I assume you mean just the haldaemon, not the group cdrw, right? > > Then I leave the cdrw empty with no users, correct? > -- > Regards, > Mick > This is what I did. -- Valmor

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 13:27 on Thursday 26 May 2011, Mick did opine thusly: > > > I just had a look and noticed that haldaemon is added as a user to a > > > load of groups. The group 'cdrw' only has haldaemon as a user. What > > > shall I do with it? > > > > > > # less /etc/group |

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-26 Thread Mick
On Thursday 26 May 2011 11:30:12 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 11:50 on Thursday 26 May 2011, Mick did > opine > > thusly: > > On Thursday 26 May 2011 05:49:21 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > > > On 05/25/2011 04:46 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:37 P

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 11:50 on Thursday 26 May 2011, Mick did opine thusly: > On Thursday 26 May 2011 05:49:21 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > > On 05/25/2011 04:46 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Valmor de Almeida > > > > > wrote: > > >> Should these have be

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-26 Thread Mick
On Thursday 26 May 2011 05:49:21 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On 05/25/2011 04:46 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > >> Should these have been eliminated or do I need to do it by hand or > >> something else still needs it? > > > > I think you sh

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-25 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On 05/25/2011 04:46 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Valmor de Almeida > wrote: >> Should these have been eliminated or do I need to do it by hand or >> something else still needs it? > > I think you should do it by hand. > > In general, you can assume portage will nev

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Should these have been eliminated or do I need to do it by hand or > something else still needs it? I think you should do it by hand. In general, you can assume portage will never delete any config files or anything from /etc without yo

Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 22:37 on Wednesday 25 May 2011, Valmor de Almeida did opine thusly: > Hello, > > I have eliminated hal long ago and noted recently in my group list that > I have a haldaemon group > > > haldaemon:x:104:haldaemon > > and a user > > haldaemon:x:102:104:added by

[gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

2011-05-25 Thread Valmor de Almeida
Hello, I have eliminated hal long ago and noted recently in my group list that I have a haldaemon group haldaemon:x:104:haldaemon and a user haldaemon:x:102:104:added by portage for hal:/dev/null:/sbin/nologin Should these have been eliminated or do I need to do it by hand or something else