User on my laptop that I didn't add

[lamina]

Alright.

I logged out in order to log back in... can't remember why.

A user was listed that I definitely didn't add, named Portage. The user has a password as well.

I went to system preferences and looked under users, and only I was listed.
What's going on?!

 

[lamina]

Decided to get hacker-ish about it.

powerbook-g4-17:~ Mike$ id portage
uid=250(portage) gid=250(portage) groups=250(portage)

 

[bearbo]

woooH.. that's freakish.

 

[lamina]

Well the user doesn't have admin access...

 

[bearbo]

well... does OS acknowledge this user at all? i mean, through \Users, for instance?

 

[lamina]

Nope, no folder in /Users...

But it does show the user in my fast user switching menu... this is really weird.

 

[smueboy]

when i googled 'portage user mac' i got:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_What_is_Portage

Gentoo is a Linux OS, and "Portage is the software distribution system for Gentoo".

Does that have anything to do with your user account??

 

[lamina]

I did attempt to install Gentoo for Mac OS. It gave me an error though...

I still don't get why it would make its own user.

 

[smueboy]

I guess that's part of how it installs or runs. I've never used it myself, so i have no idea.

 

[Hummer]

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-437283.html?sid=e87fa7f196ffd89d56f816266f5c2922

Try the link above.

 

[lamina]

Alright, looks benign. I just wonder what its secret password is... muahahaha.