Hi, I noticed there are several entries in user.list that belong to ports which aren't around anymore. Would it be time to start to recycle them after some period of time, say a year?
Index: user.list =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/ports/infrastructure/db/user.list,v retrieving revision 1.241 diff -u -p -r1.241 user.list --- user.list 10 Dec 2014 10:30:51 -0000 1.241 +++ user.list 10 Dec 2014 11:52:32 -0000 @@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ have to use a fixed uid/gid. If a user/g the same uid/gid. If a user is member of a system group, leave the group entry empty. If only a group is created, leave the user entry empty. +This is the list of uid/gids belonging to ports that have been removed. +They can be reused one year after the stated date. + +524 sep 19 2013 +534 dec 15 2011 +552 mar 17 2007 +564 jul 9 2012 +567 nov 19 2007 +589 oct 5 2011 +596 jul 11 2012 +597 aug 16 2011 +600 jan 26 2012 +601 jul 22 2014 +614 jun 7 2013 +639 jun 26 2010 +657 (never used) +663 sep 10 2011 + id user group port options ---------------------------------------------------- 500 _opennap _opennap audio/opennap @@ -32,7 +50,7 @@ id user group port options 521 _exim _exim mail/exim 522 _xcept _xcept comms/xcept 523 _ffproxy _ffproxy www/ffproxy -524 _mail mail/openwebmail +#524 525 _quagga _quagga net/quagga 526 _tomcat _tomcat www/tomcat 527 _milter-regex _milter-regex mail/milter-regex @@ -42,7 +60,7 @@ id user group port options 531 _cnupm _cnupm net/cnupm 532 _milter-spamd _milter-spamd mail/milter-spamd 533 _jabberd _jabberd net/jabberd -534 _zope _zope www/zope +#534 535 _symon _symon sysutils/symon 536 _nostromo _nostromo www/nostromo 537 _maradns _maradns net/maradns @@ -60,7 +78,7 @@ id user group port options 549 _netplan _netplan misc/plan 550 _nagios _nagios net/nagios 551 _gpsd misc/gpsd -#552 _xavante _xavante www/xavante +#552 553 _saned _saned graphics/sane-backends 554 _avenger mail/avenger 555 _akpop3d mail/akpop3d @@ -72,10 +90,10 @@ id user group port options 561 _rbldns _rbldns net/rbldnsd 562 _smokeping _smokeping net/smokeping 563 _postgrey _postgrey mail/postgrey -564 _prelude _prelude security/prelude +#564 565 _pfflowd _pfflowd net/pfflowd 566 _tor _tor net/tor -#567 _dk-milter _dk-milter mail/dk-milter +#567 568 _milter-greylist mail/milter-greylist 569 _dkim-milter _dkim-milter mail/dkim-milter 570 _mdefang _mdefang mail/mimedefang @@ -97,19 +115,19 @@ id user group port options 586 _gnugk _gnugk net/gnugk 587 _darkstat _darkstat net/darkstat 588 _dansguardian _dansguardian www/dansguardian -589 _sdpd _sdpd net/bluetooth-tools +#589 590 _smsd _smsd comms/smstools 591 _bacula _bacula sysutils/bacula 592 _imapproxy _imapproxy mail/imapproxy #593 _nginx _nginx www/nginx 594 _ejabberd _ejabberd net/ejabberd 595 _poppassd _poppassd sysutils/openpoppassd -596 _heartbeat _heartbeat sysutils/heartbeat -#597 _kqemu emulators/kqemu +#596 +#597 598 _iodine _iodine net/iodine 599 _bacula-sd sysutils/bacula -600 _ntlmaps _ntlmaps www/ntlmaps -601 _unbound _unbound net/unbound +#600 +#601 602 _havp _havp www/havp 603 _argus _argus net/argus 604 _haproxy _haproxy net/haproxy @@ -122,7 +140,7 @@ id user group port options 611 _icecast _icecast net/icecast 612 _ipguard _ipguard security/ipguard 613 _rancid _rancid sysutils/rancid -614 _openct _openct security/openct +#614 615 _iftop _iftop net/iftop 616 _ircd-hybrid _ircd-hybrid net/ircd-hybrid 617 _tinyproxy _tinyproxy www/tinyproxy @@ -147,7 +165,7 @@ id user group port options 636 _ettercap _ettercap net/ettercap 637 _memcached _memcached misc/memcached 638 _prosody _prosody net/prosody -#639 _polkituser _polkituser sysutils/policykit +#639 640 _astmanproxy _astmanproxy telephony/astmanproxy 641 _ziproxy _ziproxy net/ziproxy 642 _pure-ftpd _pure-ftpd net/pure-ftpd @@ -165,13 +183,13 @@ id user group port options 654 _spectrum _spectrum net/spectrum 655 _minbif _minbif net/minbif 656 _mediatomb _mediatomb multimedia/mediatomb -657 _ircd-seven _ircd-seven net/ircd-seven +#657 658 _vnstat _vnstat net/vnstat 659 _sogo _sogo www/sogo 660 _srcpd _srcpd misc/srcpd 661 _aox _aox mail/archiveopteryx 662 _transmission _transmission net/transmission -663 _tproxy _tproxy www/transproxy +#663 664 _mdnsd _mdnsd net/openmdns 665 _hgd _hgd audio/hgd 666 _dovenull _dovenull mail/dovecot -- jasper