OPERATOR, SYNC, and other users

seb|seb|seb · n00b Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 14

Hi all,

i've got a nice perl script that show me users and groups on my gentoo sytem. i have noticed some users, as OPERATOR, SYNC, etc.

i was wondering if anybody knows why they are here, and what they are for ?

thanks

deepthought · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:07 pm Post subject:

Most of these are system users (have a look at the LSB for in-depth information) or special user accounts for certain packages to prevent them running as root (which might be dangerous).

Just ignore and leave them alone.

Regards,
Alexander
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