[19:43] <Soni> when should one add a system user?
[22:35] <teward> Soni: only if you're adding a user that has no user interface or interaction and pretty much is only used for a system service
[22:36] <tomreyn> Soni: most of the time for daemons / services / things not run by a human user
[22:36] <teward> ^^
[22:36] <Soni> ah, so something that should only exist in the context of systemd units = system user
[22:36] <teward> tomreyn: you and I both must be alive at the same hours lol
[22:36] <tomreyn> hehe
[22:36] <Soni> something we'll ssh into = non-system user?
[22:36] <teward> Soni: pretty much yes
[22:36] <teward> Soni: anything you SSH into is just a standard user
[22:36] <tomreyn> that was another funny coincident, teward
[22:36] <Soni> okay, that makes it easier
[22:37] <Soni> thanks!
[22:37] <teward> Soni: 'system' class of users should be reserved soluely for daemons and services and things that don't get human interaction
[22:37] <teward> yep
[22:37] <teward> case in point we have a custom listserv system at a job.  It operates on a SystemD timer under a system user called 'threader'
[22:37] <teward> said 'threader' is existing for the program base and execution of it.  Thank you SystemD :P
[22:42] <teward> but that's a system user, no login shell, etc.
[22:42] <teward> :)
[22:42] <teward> Soni: glad that made it easier to understand, sorry about the delay of getting you a reply
[22:42] <teward> (weekends are pretty dead xD)
[22:42] <teward> tomreyn: you sure about that?  :P
[22:48] <tomreyn> teward: if it wasn't a coincident, i must have been sitting just next to my enter key, watching the channel patiently for someone to respond, finally allowing me to send that pre-composed message.
[22:48] <teward> lol
[22:49] <tomreyn> you might characterize me as a little weird, but not that much. ;-)
[22:49] <teward> in terms of 'weird' i'm pretty high up on that scale :P
[22:49] <teward> so i mean
[22:49] <tomreyn> or maybe we're really just one person with two identities.
[22:50] <tomreyn> anyways, it was good chatting to the other side for a while. ;-)
[23:08] <teward> lol
[23:08] <teward> tomreyn: well i am in the shadows 24/7/365 so yeah 'the other side' xD
[23:08] <teward> in either case, alls good :)