Thanks for the prompt reply. On 25/08/14 16:53, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 25/08/14 14:01, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> is there for Debian a daemon user naming scheme or custom ? > > Several :-( > > The ones I've seen suggested are (assuming a package, daemon or user > whose simple name is "foo"): > > * _foo > * foo > * debian-foo > * Debian-foo > * Dfoo > > <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248809> has been open > since 2004 and shows no signs of resolution. > > I think I slightly prefer _foo, which originated in *BSD.
Let assume this custom: is then /var/lib/foo the custom name for its home directory ? However, none > of the packages I maintain actually do that; they use Debian-foo or > debian-foo for historical reasons (that seemed to be the most popular at > the time, and changing a username once you have created it is hard to > get right). > > S > > Thanks, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53fb5456.2090...@rezozer.net
