On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Carlos Williams <carlosw...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I am using Debian 'Squeeze' / Testing on with MySQL 5.1.41-3 > installed. It is a fresh install and I was checking all the system > accounts and noticed that Debian has a 'debian-sys-maint' account on > 'localhost'. Has anyone ever removed this account? Do I need it or can > I safely remove this account? I don't understand why it's there. I > don't want to break MySQL even though there is no data or databases on > this machine but I would like to keep this as clean as possible. > As Ian already indicated, this is an administrative account used by Debian for the system operations they do. It'll probably also be used when you upgrade packages and similar things. I would recommend that you keep it, as it's only there for localhost anyway, and the credentials are in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf with restricted readability. I also tend to use those credentials for any maintenance scripts I run myself, so in that way it actually prevents clutter for me :-) -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel
