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Remember how systemd starting as root if the username starts with a digit isn't a bug? Turns out they're technically right. It's not a bug.

It's a bug worthy of a CVE. CVE-2017-1000082, which had to be requested by third parties. Like, I suspect, every systemd CVE ever.

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2

Erin The Red/Fennec @Erin

@jgoguen And why does anyone think systemd is a good idea?

@Erin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

End-users who have reasons for staying close to upstream, otherwise I have no polite opinions on that.