Bug#990349: systemd-sysusers keeps creating systemd-timesync and systemd-coredump

[Michael Biebl]

Am 26.06.21 um 20:40 schrieb Christoph Anton Mitterer:
> On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 20:07 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> You can try to convince upstream to split up the (monolithic)
>> systemd.conf this way though.
> 
> I've asked them to consider this in:
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/20044

Thanks!

> OTOH, less unused stuff => cleaner/more secure

I fail to see the security benefit here? What do we gain by (not) 
pre-allocating a system group like systemd-coredump?

That said, keep in mind that we have stuff like irc, news, uucp, 
gnats??? in /usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master that I never used in my 
life.

If we are going down this road, shouldn't we clean up base-passwd first 
to get rid of system users/groups which are from the last millennia?

Regards,
Michael

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