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Re: Decstation /etc/passwd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cfields@MIT.EDU)
Wed Jul 20 23:33:57 1994
From: cfields@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 23:33:34 -0400
To: mhbraun@MIT.EDU
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
> 1) Why is pop there ?
I added pop because it seemed appropriate that all files installed
on the packs with owner foo should have a password entry for foo
in the password file. I also want the build machines to be as vanilla
Athena as possible, which means that when install tries to install
something as owner pop, I'm not required to customize the build machine
so that it knows from the password file what pop's uid is - it'll
already be there.
> 2) why don't we remove things like ris & operator ?
At the same time I want the build machines to be as vanilla Athena as
possible, I think it would be good for the workstations to be as
vanilla vendor-operating-system as possible. This means not removing
or modifying entries in the password file without a good reason.
(ris is good to have around when you want to run ris, I think. :) I
don't actually know what operator is for.)
You will also notice I added one or two things to /etc/group, for
the same reasons.
