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Special accounts on Linux

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by guilbaultf

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Can I delete the following accounts on Linux,for security reasons, without any serious ramifications:
adm, lp, sync, shutdown, halt, gopher, uucp

or are these accounts required for the system to keep humming along...
TIA

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by tech_wiz03

no these accounts are required for system operation (except gopher) deletion would stop the administrator from doing anything either.

better not to give users access to these accounts eg: put user into groups without access to root accounts and assign these accounts to only root access.

best regards rick

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