On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 04:38:58PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Jul 17 10:12, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >> cron-config already has a pretty much self contained function to create >> such a privileged usr, it would be easy to extend it (if needed). It['s >> adapted >> from Corinna's ssh stuff, and it is also used for exim (add it to the list). >> >> It also looks for typical server names such as sshd_server cyg_server >> cron_server >> and offers to reuse them if they exist. > >Sounds good for reuse. > >> One issue that I notice is that sshd_server is (at least, "was") setting >> its home directory >> to something special. Is it needed? Other servers may also require unusual >> settings. >> We should identify the superset of the special needs. > >No, there's no special need for the home directory of the sshd_server >account. I just used /var/empty as for the unprivileged sshd account >because it sounded like a good idea way back when. You can set it to >almost everything. Maybe we should follow the typical Linux layout >and create a "/cygwin_server" directory, similar to "/root" on Linux.
Are there bad reasons for not just calling this account "root"? cgf
