Why did bitdefender create a user?

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Alexandra Zaharia wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Robert Holtzman<holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>> I installed BitDefender a while back and just had occasion to look at
>> the user list. There sits BitDefender. Why? Anyone?X
>
> Hello,
>
> I don't know which BitDefender product you installed. There are quite
> a few, ranging from command line to GUI scanners to a Live CD (a
> rescue CD) and 'corporate' products for handling e-mail and file
> (Samba) servers.

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> Furthermore, the 'bitdefender' user is a system user. It does not get
> a home directory or a shell or anything. As a matter of fact, the
> 'shell' has been specified as being '/bin/false'.
>
> I hope this helps.

That helps a lot. Thanks.

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