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06-07-2007 01:54 PM
06-07-2007 01:54 PM
Unwanted users in Redhat LINUX
After the installation of Redhat LINUX 4.0, many users exist by default in /etc/passwd.
Anybody can tell the users that can remove safely.
Thanks
Sajeesh
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06-07-2007 02:02 PM
06-07-2007 02:02 PM
Re: Unwanted users in Redhat LINUX
'gopher' and 'games' are about the only disposable uid's I can think of.
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06-10-2007 04:11 PM
06-10-2007 04:11 PM
Re: Unwanted users in Redhat LINUX
Thanks. Any best practices?
Sajeesh
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06-10-2007 04:32 PM
06-10-2007 04:32 PM
Re: Unwanted users in Redhat LINUX
Ininstall packages you aren't using which created extraneous users.
Leave all the 'default' (core) users intact, as if you install a package down the track that might rely upon it, it could do bad things.
There's only 30 or so, so in the general scheme of things, it's not that great.
I run a mail system with some 60,000 active users (and about 340,000 inactive users). Having 30 'extras' is nothing.
(Oh, and for the nay-sayers, no I don't use passwd files for them. My passwd files have 45-50 lines in them).
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06-10-2007 08:32 PM
06-10-2007 08:32 PM
Re: Unwanted users in Redhat LINUX
The best advice here is:
simply don't remove users with UID below 100.