Ownership & Permissions: Details: Owner: Security question.

sc_markt

When I get info on a file on the desktop and then select

Ownership & Permissions:

Details:

Owner:

and click on the owner, there are is a bunch of what look like login names that come up. For example,

appserver

daemon

cyrus

eppc and lp to name a few.



What the heck are these names? Are they people who are logging into my machine?



Thanks to all who answer.

kickaha

Quote:

Originally posted by sc_markt

When I get info on a file on the desktop and then select

Ownership & Permissions:

Details:

Owner:

and click on the owner, there are is a bunch of what look like login names that come up. For example,

appserver

daemon

cyrus

eppc and lp to name a few.



What the heck are these names? Are they people who are logging into my machine?



Thanks to all who answer.

OMG, that's like the hacker's Who's Who... man, you're screwed.







Just kidding.







Those are accounts created to allow various processes to have varying levels of access to system resources. 'lp' for example is for printing. 'appserver' is just what it sounds like.



It's normal.

sc_markt

Quote:

Originally posted by Kickaha

OMG, that's like the hacker's Who's Who... man, you're screwed.







Just kidding.







Those are accounts created to allow various processes to have varying levels of access to system resources. 'lp' for example is for printing. 'appserver' is just what it sounds like.



It's normal.

Thanks.

(And by the way, you had me going for a few agonizing seconds with your post... My safari window was only partially open and I didn't see the "just kidding" part of your post until I scrolled down.)

kickaha

*laugh*



Good thing I didn't add more returns.