Simon McVittie writes ("Re: daemon user naming scheme"):
> It is reasonable to use /var/lib/foo (or /run/foo or /var/cache/foo or
> /var/games/foo) as the home directory of a system user whose name is
> _foo, debian-foo, Debian-foo or whatever.You need to be careful that the directory chosen never has undesirable permissions, since there are many ways that access can be granted to a user foo by putting things in ~foo. For example, /var/games/foo seems like a bad idea since it will probably be g+w games. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/21513.53418.4646.993...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
