[P1] extra user names

[Allan Hise]

Don't worry.
Take a loot at /etc/passwd or netinfo manager.
These extra "users" have no login shell so they can't do anything even if
they were allowed to log in, which they aren't.

Besides, if you get rid of some of these "users", parts of your OS will
stop working.

Allan

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, andy wrote:

>     I recall that one of the biggest security holes in most UNIX systems
> would be
> default passwords being left unchanged (or nonexistent)  for the
> various system
> users (such as UUCP, and the like.) Is this something I should be
> worried about?
> There are presently 16 users on my iBook, 1 being me, and the other
> fifteen
> set up by the OS. Should I be concerned about these extra users-- is
> someone
> able to log in via, say, smmsp?
>
>     How does the OS derive these passwords?
>
>
>     andy
>
>     letterspackages at telus.net
>     calgary, alberta, canada
>
>
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