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Re: Cygwin service account (Re: inetd help)


On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Jul 17 16:49, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jul 17 10:40, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > > Are there bad reasons for not just calling this account "root"?
> >
> > A while back I thought this is a good idea, but not anymore.
> >
> > The account is a service-starter account only.  Nothing else should be
> > done with this account and the installation script actually forbids
> > this account to be used for logon.  I don't want people to get the wrong
> > idea what this account is for.  I know from earlier discussions that
> > some people are already using the root account name as a substitute
> > for some Admin account, or that some people are already created a root
> > account on their machines.  I can easily imagine what happens next after
> > we occupied the root account name for the service-starter account.
>
> Having said that, the account name is still open for discussion of
> course.  If everybody except me thinks "root" is a good idea, so be it.

FWIW, I'd go with "daemon" (or, as a second choice, "server").  I agree
with your reasoning about "root", and, IMO, "cygwin_server" is too long.
	Igor
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