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Re: Cygwin service account (Re: inetd help)


On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:43:17AM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>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.

I think I'd prefer "daemon" since it has linux/unix precedent.

cgf


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