-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just playing around with new SuSE 7.0 machine. Check out the default /etc/passwd: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/bash lp:x:4:7:lp daemon:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/bash news:x:9:13:News system:/etc/news:/bin/bash uucp:x:10:14:Unix-to-Unix CoPy system:/etc/uucp:/bin/bash games:x:12:100::/var/games:/bin/bash man:x:13:2::/var/cache/man:/bin/bash at:x:25:25::/var/spool/atjobs:/bin/bash postgres:x:26:2:Postgres Database Admin:/var/lib/pgsql:/bin/bash lnx:x:27:27:LNX Database Admin:/usr/lib/lnx:/bin/bash mdom:x:28:28:Mailing list agent:/usr/lib/majordomo:/bin/bash yard:x:29:29:YARD Database Admin:/usr/lib/YARD:/bin/bash wwwrun:x:30:65534:Daemon user for apache:/var/lib/wwwrun:/bin/bash squid:x:31:65534:WWW proxy squid:/var/squid:/bin/bash fax:x:33:14:Facsimile Agent:/var/spool/fax:/bin/bash gnats:x:34:65534:Gnats Gnu Backtracking System:/usr/lib/gnats:/bin/bash adabas:x:36:100:Adabas-D Database Admin:/usr/lib/adabas:/bin/bash amanda:x:37:6:Amanda Admin:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash ixess:x:38:29:IXware Admin:/usr/lib/ixware:/bin/bash irc:x:39:65534:IRC Daemon:/usr/lib/ircd:/bin/bash ftp:x:40:2:ftp account:/usr/local/ftp:/bin/bash firewall:x:41:31:firewall account:/var/lib/firewall:/bin/false informix:x:43:34:Informix Database Admin:/usr/lib/informix:/bin/bash named:x:44:44:Nameserver Daemon:/var/named:/bin/bash virtuoso:x:45:100:Virtuoso Admin:/opt/virtuoso-lite:/bin/bash db2fenc1:x:46:46:DB2 Instance UDF user:/usr/lib/db2/db2fenc1:/bin/bash db2inst1:x:47:47:DB2 Instance main user:/usr/lib/db2/db2inst1:/bin/bash db2as:x:48:48:DB2 Administration:/usr/lib/db2/db2as:/bin/bash fnet:x:49:14:FidoNet:/var/spool/fnet:/bin/bash gdm:x:50:15:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/bash postfix:x:51:51:Postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false cyrus:x:96:12:User for Imapd:/usr/cyrus:/bin/bash nps:x:53:100:NPS admin:/opt/nps:/bin/bash skyrix:x:54:100:SKYRIX admin:/opt/skyrix/skyrix36:/bin/bash dbmaker:x:55:52:Dbmaker Database Admin:/usr/lib/dbmaker:/bin/bash fixadm:x:56:53:Linux Fincancial Suite Admin:/opt/fsuite/home/fixadm:/bin/ksh fib:x:57:53:Linux Fincancial Suite fib:/opt/fsuite/home/fib:/bin/ksh fixlohn:x:58:53:Linux Fincancial Suite fixlohn:/opt/fsuite/home/fixlohn:/bin/kshoracle:x:59:54:Oracle User:/opt/oracle:/bin/bash mysql:x:60:2:MySQL Database User:/var/mysql:/bin/false dpbox:x:61:56:DpBox User:/var/spool/dpbox:/bin/false ingres:x:62:3:Ingres DataBase administrator:/opt/tngfw/ingres:/bin/bash codadmin:x:63:58:Codine Administrator:/var/lib/codadmin:/bin/bash zope:x:64:2:Zope Server:/var/lib/zope:/bin/false nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/var/lib/nobody:/bin/bash Seems to me you'd want as few users as possible, why do they keep adding more? I don't have most of these applications even installed. At least they could create the account only if I installed that package. Cheers, - -- ..Yashy Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by Microsoft. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD4DBQE6upr5WUoaUM5QqOURAuseAJjf2OsmBjQLi6mL+Q/clZ1blpPXAKCjOtNS eYRWXOLWkTyD0B/LBwYAqw== =l+c+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----