On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 21:55, Eric Robinson wrote: > I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before, but I'd sure > appreciate some input on it. > > Why does Red Hat create all these "standard" users like adm, > operator, gopher, sync, uucp, and so on? Can I safely delete these users as > I am being told to do in some Linux security HOWTOs? How can I tell whether > my system needs some of these users?
You can delete any users or groups you like, but it could break the functionality of any application that needs them. Additionally, deleting them does not in any way increase the security of your system. It's a pretty silly thing to do. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
