Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

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 | grep haldaemon
> > > disk:x:6:root,adm,haldaemon
> > > floppy:x:11:root,haldaemon
> > > cdrom:x:19:haldaemon,michael
> > > cdrw:x:80:haldaemon
> > > haldaemon:x:1004:haldaemon
> > > plugdev:x:1005:haldaemon,michael
> > 
> > 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?

Yes, just delete the user. It was created for hal to use and hal needed 
membership in various groups to work properly, noticeably for things like 
devices in /dev. 

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