>>>>> "JH" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JH> gnats:
JH> HELP: Evidently used by gnats. And it needs a static set why?
GNATS holds its database files under that user and accesses them via
`gnats' setuid programs and/or programs run by an Internet superserver
under `gnats'. Though it's hardly a common setup nowadays, the database
can be shared (i.e. mounted, either r/o or r/w) by several machines,
AFAIK nothing prevents this at least. This is, I *guess*, the reason
why the uid is static.
Milan Zamazal
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