On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:20:34PM +0000, Stephen Gran wrote: >tags #243929 wontfix
This is really sad news, as this feature would really be useful. > You need to be > looking at directory services of some type (ldap/nis/etc). If a user is > in your directory service, adduser won't add another user of the same > name locally. A directory service is fine if all machines are near each other, are under the same organization's control and have a reliable network connection to a central point. However, this is not always the case. For example, I am providing sysadmin services to a variety of organizations, some of them even fiercely competing each other. While I try to have all my boxes looking similiarly (which includes "fixed" UIDs for package-based and other accounts), most of my customers would vigorously complain if I tried to put the machines I admin for them under a directory service that also provides these services to boxes run by their direct competition. It would be a very nice thing to be able to pre-allocate UIDs on all of "my" machines to guarantee that accounts created even by my co-admins have the same UID on all boxes. Christophs patch does the job just nicely, and it does so without adding the additional complexity of a directory service. The patch is vastly useful. Please reconsider your decision. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org