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From: Andrej Kacian <ticho@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Daemon users that need an actual home directory
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:54:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051018225432.3347e92c@thelair.ynet.sk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <435553FB.6080604@gentoo.org>

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On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:58:51 +0300
Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@gentoo.org> wrote:

> I am trying to solve http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109079. I
> asked on #gentoo-dev and ciaramn said that we do not have a policy on
> where to make a home directory. So I would now like the input of other
> developers on howto solve this bug.

I recently had a /dev/null homedir problem for media-sound/mpd{,-svn}
package[1]. Clearly, user mpd needs a non-null homedir. As for other daemon
users, I guess it should be handled on a per-user basis - some daemon users
most likely don't need the homedir, but need to have something specified
in /etc/passwd, thus /dev/null.

1. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101662

Kind regards,
-- 
Andrej "Ticho" Kacian <ticho at gentoo dot org>
Gentoo Linux Developer - net-mail, antivirus, sound, x86

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-10-18 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-18 19:58 [gentoo-dev] Daemon users that need an actual home directory Petteri Räty
2005-10-18 20:52 ` Roy Marples
2005-10-18 20:54 ` Andrej Kacian [this message]

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