hi there
im using fedora 13. my cat /etc/passwd|cut -d"." -f1 gives
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin
uucp:x:10:14:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/sbin/nologin
operator:x:11:0
perator:/root:/sbin/nologin
games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin
gopher:x:13:30:gopher:/var/gopher:/sbin/nologin
ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin
nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin
dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/sbin/nologin
usbmuxd:x:113:113:usbmuxd user:/:/sbin/nologin
avahi-autoipd:x:499:499:avahi-autoipd:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/sbin/nologin
vcsa:x:69:498:virtual console memory owner:/dev:/sbin/nologin
rtkit:x:498:497:RealtimeKit:/proc:/sbin/nologin
abrt:x:497:495::/etc/abrt:/sbin/nologin
nscd:x:28:494:NSCD Daemon:/:/sbin/nologin
tcpdump:x:72:72::/:/sbin/nologin
avahi:x:496:491:avahi-daemon:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/sbin/nologin
haldaemon:x:68:490:HAL daemon:/:/sbin/nologin
openvpn:x:495:489:OpenVPN:/etc/openvpn:/sbin/nologin
ntp:x:38:38::/etc/ntp:/sbin/nologin
apache:x:48:488:Apache:/var/www:/sbin/nologin
saslauth:x:494:487:"Saslauthd user":/var/empty/saslauth:/sbin/nologin
mailnull:x:47:486::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin
smmsp:x:51:485::/var/spool/mqueue:/sbin/nologin
nm-openconnect:x:493:484:NetworkManager user for OpenConnect:/:/sbin/nologin
sshd:x:74:483:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin
smolt:x:492:482:Smolt:/usr/share/smolt:/sbin/nologin
pulse:x:491:481:PulseAudio System Daemon:/var/run/pulse:/sbin/nologin
gdm:x:42:479::/var/lib/gdm:/sbin/nologin
me:x:500:500:me:/home/me:/bin/bash
mysql:x:27:27:MySQL Server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash
hsqldb:x:96:96::/var/lib/hsqldb:/sbin/nologin
is it all normal?
moreover my ps -ef gives
root 1 0 0 10:52 ? 00:00:01 /sbin/init
root 2 0 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [migration/0]
root 4 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 5 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [watchdog/0]
root 6 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [migration/1]
root 7 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root 8 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [watchdog/1]
root 9 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [events/0]
root 10 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [events/1]
root 11 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [cpuset]
root 12 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [khelper]
root 13 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [netns]
root 14 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [async/mgr]
root 15 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [pm]
root 16 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [sync_supers]
root 17 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [bdi-default]
root 18 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kintegrityd/0]
root 19 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kintegrityd/1]
root 20 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/0]
root 21 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kblockd/1]
root 22 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kacpid]
root 23 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kacpi_notify]
root 24 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kacpi_hotplug]
root 25 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ata/0]
root 26 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ata/1]
root 27 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ata_aux]
root 28 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
root 29 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [khubd]
root 30 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kseriod]
root 33 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [khungtaskd]
root 34 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kswapd0]
root 35 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ksmd]
root 36 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [aio/0]
root 37 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [aio/1]
root 38 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [crypto/0]
root 39 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [crypto/1]
root 52 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 53 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root 54 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root 55 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root 56 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [scsi_eh_4]
root 57 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:01 [scsi_eh_5]
root 63 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kpsmoused]
root 64 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kstriped]
root 65 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ksnapd]
root 66 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [usbhid_resumer]
root 173 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [i915]
root 415 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kdmflush]
root 422 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [kdmflush]
root 431 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [jbd2/dm-0-8]
root 432 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 433 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 520 1 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 784 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [cfg80211]
root 801 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 [hd-audio0]
root 806 2 0 10:52 ? 00:00:07 [phy0]
root 924 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [kdmflush]
root 968 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [jbd2/sda5-8]
root 969 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 970 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 971 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [jbd2/dm-2-8]
root 972 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 973 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 1020 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [kauditd]
root 1022 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/system-setup-keyboard
root 1100 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 [flush-253:2]
root 1157 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 auditd
root 1159 1157 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/audispd
root 1172 1159 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sedispatch
root 1184 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/rsyslogd -c 4
root 1205 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:05 [kondemand/0]
root 1206 2 0 10:53 ? 00:00:05 [kondemand/1]
root 1232 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 mdadm --monitor --scan -f --pid-
dbus 1241 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:03 dbus-daemon --system
root 1252 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:01 NetworkManager --pid-file=/var/r
root 1257 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/modem-manager
avahi 1263 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon: running [linux.loc
avahi 1264 1263 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
root 1272 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc
root 1279 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
root 1303 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/acpid
68 1311 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 hald
root 1312 1311 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
root 1341 1312 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /
root 1344 1312 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-rfkill-k
root 1351 1312 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-generic-
root 1359 1312 0 10:53 ? 00:00:01 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev
68 1360 1312 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-acpi
ntp 1378 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd
root 1414 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/abrtd
root 1423 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/input/mice
root 1431 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 crond
root 1442 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/atd
root 1455 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
root 1460 1 0 10:53 tty2 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2
root 1462 1 0 10:53 tty3 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3
root 1464 1 0 10:53 tty4 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty4
root 1466 520 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 1468 520 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 1469 1 0 10:53 tty5 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5
root 1471 1 0 10:53 tty6 00:00:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty6
root 1483 1455 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --
root 1486 1483 5 10:53 tty1 00:08:31 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -nr -verbose -a
root 1502 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --n
gdm 1572 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with
root 1578 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:01 /usr/libexec/upowerd
gdm 1635 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authen
root 1639 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/polkit-1/polkitd
rtkit 1650 1 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/rtkit-daemon
root 1656 1483 0 10:53 ? 00:00:00 pam: gdm-password
root 3452 2 0 12:53 ? 00:00:00 [flush-253:0]
root 3933 1 0 13:22 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/mount.ntfs /dev/sda2 /medi
root 4000 1252 0 13:28 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/li
smmsp 4069 1 0 13:28 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00
root 4071 1 0 13:28 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: accepting connections
what's the deal with the sendmail entries?
do i need to format and change distribution?
