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It's to set system applications' resources aside, and it's more of an OpenBSD thing than a *BSD thing. Once in a blue moon you'll see it in the Linux and genera
by daneel_w 3y ago
It's to set system applications' resources aside, and it's more of an OpenBSD thing than a *BSD thing. Once in a blue moon you'll see it in the Linux and general *nix world as well:
_chrony:x:112: <- Debian
- johnklos 3y agoIt's a majority of the BSDs. NetBSD: _pflogd:*:18: _rwhod:*:19: _proxy:*:21: _timedc:*:22: _sdpd:*:23: _httpd:*:24: _mdnsd:*:25: _tests:*:26: _tcpdump:*:27: _tss:*:28: _gpio:*:29: _rtadvd:*:30: _unbound:*:32: _nsd:*:33: _dhcpcd:*:35:
- ChoHag 3y ago[dead]
- rfmoz 3y agoDebian, in their Policy 4.5.0 said: "When maintainers choose a new hardcoded or dynamically generated username for packages to use, they should start this username with an underscore." https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html#version-4-5-0 https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist...