UIDs for service users in Mac OS X
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Some third-party servers should be run under a special user for security reasons (eg, PostgreSQL is typically run by "postgres"). Of course, these service users should not show up in the Mac OS X login windows. I know how to create hidden users using or , but I'm wondering what the best policy is f…
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Fix for: UIDs for service users in Mac OS X
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Amusingly, I found this while trying to sort out some weird behavior we've been getting reports of during Big Sur updates, and then a few days later stumbled on a very recent, vaguely-canonical answer! In Big Sur, the usage information for the comma…
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