Re: debhelper /usr/bin/passwd

1999-01-26 Thread J. S. Connell
The $1E6 question is now (a) why debhelper has symlinks pointing passwd/ chfn/chsh to sysdb-wrapper, and (b) where sysdb-wrapper comes from. --Jeff

Re: mc bug? or i've not read the manuals

1999-01-22 Thread J. S. Connell
The bits get lost because both mc and emacs rename originalfile to originalfile~ (e.g.) and create a new originalfile, without preserving the original ownership/permissions. (n)vi does not suffer from this problem, but neither does it create backups. --Jeff

Re: Where does 'www-data' come from?

1999-01-19 Thread J. S. Connell
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Eduardo Marcel Macan wrote: started to wonder... Where does the name www-data come from? IS there any argument against 'www' ? Or perhaps one might ask why Debian deviated from common practice in naming the httpd user www-data instead of httpd, like everyone else. --Jeff