Hi Tito,
sorry for the late response.

I say yes because it lowers the entree fee for novice people.
Most people these days do not like to "change" source code and
they feel more comfortable using a config tool.

IMHO our config is already overcrowded but my attempts to separate
thinks out where not accepted. I see the danger of having a tools
with endless lists of config parameters. Please beware !

re,
 wh

Tito schrieb:
> Hi,
> I'm writing to know if there is any interest in making
> FIRST_SYSTEM_UID, LAST_SYSTEM_UID, FIRST_SYSTEM_GID, LAST_SYSTEM_GID
> for adduser and addgroup configurable through the menuconfig
> system. I'm thinking about it because i'm trying to better fit
> busybox in the Android dev phone 1 cupcake firmware (1.5),
> to integrate and where possible substitute the rather poor
> written toolbox applets. So far I've set up a good working
> shadow passwd system and passwd protected su
> for obtaining root privileges. To better comply
> with the rather exotic android user management
> I need to change FIRST_SYSTEM_UID, LAST_SYSTEM_UID
> (and FIRST_SYSTEM_GID, LAST_SYSTEM_GID) respectively to 1000 and 9999
> and so a config feature would be handy rather than mantaine
> a separate patchset.
> 
> Ciao,
> Tito
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