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  • Thank you,, Stephen. How about on systems that don't have /var/cache/man? (BSD,OSX) Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 6:18
  • @Jim do they have a man user? I don’t see one in OpenBSD, I don’t have access to a Mac to check there. Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 6:39
  • You're right, my OSX machine doesn't, but FreeBSD does, UID 9 man:*:9:9:Mister Man Pages:/usr/share/man:/usr/sbin/nologin Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 7:01
  • @Jim in FreeBSD, the man user was used for catman; I don’t know whether it’s still useful nowadays. (System users tend to linger long after they cease being relevant, to avoid id re-use and ensure that old files on upgraded systems still have a meaningful owner.) Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 7:23
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    @StephenKitt: Finally an explanation why a user where I would have used a group. Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 15:38