Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-06 Thread Erik Price
On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 04:02 PM, Derek Homeier wrote: Yes, I think UID100 is exactly the criterion (well, maybe =100, dunno ;- ). I have fared very well on my system with just reducing all UIDs and GIDs of the passwd-fink users by 200. Which of course raises the question:

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-06 Thread Thomas Peters II
I've never noticed the 'dummy' users from the passwd package showing up in the login panel. Since it's undesirable to have them show up in the login panel, I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with it. I believe people have been finding them in: System Preferences Users, and for some

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-06 Thread Derek Homeier
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 09:16 AM, Erik Price wrote: Hmm... I just installed the 'passwd' package for the first time the other day. And you know what's strange? The 'dummy' users aren't showing up in my Login window (at startup) after all! I didn't make any changes to the

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-06 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 12:13 PM, Thomas Peters II wrote: I've never noticed the 'dummy' users from the passwd package showing up in the login panel. Since it's undesirable to have them show up in the login panel, I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with it. I believe

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-06 Thread Finlay Dobbie
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 02:16 PM, Erik Price wrote: Hmm... I just installed the 'passwd' package for the first time the other day. And you know what's strange? The 'dummy' users aren't showing up in my Login window (at startup) after all! I didn't make any changes to the

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-06 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 03:16 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote: They shouldn't show up in the login window... That was my mistake, sorry. Users which can't be used to login (i.e. have a password of *) don't show up in the login window, and I think my experimentation a while back

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-05 Thread Erik Price
On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 09:06 AM, dtournemille wrote: Hello all. I hope this hasn't been covered already, although I'm sure it has. I'm told that a list of bizarre users in my Users preference pane are created by Fink. But does anyone know why Fink does this? It's part of the

Re: [Fink-users] Weird users installed

2002-02-05 Thread Alexander Strange
On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 10:28 AM, Erik Price wrote: On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 09:06 AM, dtournemille wrote: Hello all. I hope this hasn't been covered already, although I'm sure it has. I'm told that a list of bizarre users in my Users preference pane are created by