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Re: Cygwin service account (Re: inetd help)
On Jul 17 16:49, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 17 10:40, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > Are there bad reasons for not just calling this account "root"?
>
> A while back I thought this is a good idea, but not anymore.
>
> The account is a service-starter account only. Nothing else should be
> done with this account and the installation script actually forbids
> this account to be used for logon. I don't want people to get the wrong
> idea what this account is for. I know from earlier discussions that
> some people are already using the root account name as a substitute
> for some Admin account, or that some people are already created a root
> account on their machines. I can easily imagine what happens next after
> we occupied the root account name for the service-starter account.
Having said that, the account name is still open for discussion of
course. If everybody except me thinks "root" is a good idea, so be it.
Corinna
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