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Re: ntsec odds and ends


On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:49:32AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > Umm, Corinna, suppose some misguided soul would actually create a user
> > named "mkpasswd" (or a group called "mkgroup")?  What then?  Perhaps a
> > note in the User Guide's ntsec section is in order?  Or an FAQ?
>
> Feel free to write one.
> Corinna

Sure.  How's this (attached)?  It'll need to be changed, of course, if you
decide to use something other than 'mkpasswd'/'mkgroup' for those names.
	Igor
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ChangeLog:
2003-02-06  Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>

	* ntsec.sgml: Add note on special names for missing
	user/group.

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