On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:51:39PM -0500, J. S. Connell wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Eduardo Marcel Macan wrote: > > > started to wonder... Where does the name "www-data" come from? IS there any > > argument against 'www' ? > > Or perhaps one might ask why Debian deviated from common practice in naming > the httpd user "www-data" instead of "httpd", like "everyone else".
Because www-data is more descriptive? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
