On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > One of the things I'd like the debian package to do is download a > couple of files (when changed) with wget on a regular basis. Having > root do the download is using a sledgehammer on a finishing nail, (it > works, but you have to be realy careful to avoid damage), and none of > the other standard users seem correct, but is it realy appropriate for > a package to create a new user for a weekly download? I'm planning a > medium-priority debconf question to enable this, and the actual use > will be in a conffile.
I'm far from an expert, but I would have thought that 'nobody' would be appropriate for this. Have nobody download the files to /tmp, and them mv them somewhere else as root (or whatever user). As long as you don't trust the content of those files, this seems safe to me. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]