Dominic Coulombe wrote: Thank you, Dominic. This is consistent with what I could find for system specifications at the time -- and puts "games" into the exact same *convention* category as the other userids the auditor was casting stinkeye on at at the time.
Auditors like rules. They're funny that way. Something about being paid to enforce them, I expect... Absent any formal system specification, it's difficult to justify this account to an auditor. -dan.
Hi Daniel, On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 13:09, Daniel P. Martin <dmar...@gizmoworks.com>wrote:- Can anybody cite an URL for any specification of predefined system accounts ("games" or otherwise) beyond root that are declared to be part of the Linux, Unix or POSIX system specification? Not the numeric uid or gid, but the account names themselves?While it does not fully answer your question (no mention of the games user as an example), it might be an interesting reading : Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.2 Chapter 21. Users & Groups http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/usernames.html Also : Chapter 21. Users & Groups http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/uidrange.html Regards, Dominic Coulombe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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