Unix True 64 - ftpuser and dbdirect users : can these users be deleted?

This is Interesting: Free IT Magazines  
Home > Archive > Unix True 64 > November 2005 > ftpuser and dbdirect users : can these users be deleted?





You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread. To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to this thread please [click here]

Author ftpuser and dbdirect users : can these users be deleted?
kell

2005-11-08, 6:28 pm

Hi,

I have two users in my production system: ftpuser and dbdirect.
I need to figure out if these are default users generated by OS during
installation like root, daemon etc. or not.
Moreover, I need to study impact of removing these users from system
since we don't seem to use them directly.

Can anyone provide pointers/info on the same?

Regards,

Praveen

Jack Estes

2005-11-09, 5:53 pm

Neither of these users are system generated. If you added a third-party
or open-source FTP server, that might explain the ftpuser account.

This is quite a longshot but the only thing I can think of for dbdirect
is that there is a database administration outsourcing company in
Northern Kentucky, near Cincinnati, called DBADirect that use to used
that account for remote administration. Did this box ever host a
database server?

jack

Sponsored Links






Free braindumps | Software forum | Database administration forum

Copyright 2003 - 2008 webservertalk.com