Safe to disable unused accounts?

From: Jonathan Williams (jonathw_at_shubertorg.com)
Date: 09/23/04

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    Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:00:40 -0400
To: Tru64-UNIX-Managers@ornl.gov

    Hi. I'm running Tru64 5.1b, pk 3 on a variety of ES machines.

    I was just wondering if it is OK to disable (ie lock) some of the system default
    acounts. The accounts in question are:

    auth
    bin
    cron
    daemon
    lp
    tcb
    uucp
    uucpa

    Apparently these accounts have never ever been accessed, so I would assume it's
    safe to lock them (maybe even remove then entirely), but just wanted to be sure.
    TIA

    Jonathan Williams
    Unix Systems Administrator
    The Shubert Organization, Inc.

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