[lug] /etc/passwd entry
Hugh Brown
hugh at vecna.com
Tue Jun 19 13:24:05 MDT 2001
I was noticing a ps output after I wrote the message. The gdmlogin program
runs as user gdm instead of as root. Since you aren't running X you should
have no problems.
Hugh
"Justin"
>
> Ok, well I had guessed right (I thought gdm belonged to gnome desktop
> prog). I did not have the gdm package installed on my system though
> which is why I was wondering about the account. I went ahead an removed
> the gdm account, this box doesn't even run X. So far no problems :)
>
> Justin
>
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