Hi, On Thu, 20 May 2010, Santiago Vila wrote: > So I agree that the sane thing to do here is, at least, to use the > same default range as /etc/adduser.conf (which in turn is the range > defined by policy). > > I've just modified base-files accordingly to use the UID range 1000-29999.
I'm not sure this makes lots of sense. hert...@alioth:~$ id -u maximilinux-guest 220227 There are many installations out there with large numbers of users that simply can't respect the ranges set by the policy. I would simply use a minimum of 500 or 1000 to differentiate system users from normal users. adduser is not a required step to create accounts when you manage your account database in LDAP/PostgreSQL (or whatever else). Having a different behaviour betweent accounts simply because some are above the maximal limits and some are below would be counter productive. The policy was written when uid/gid were only 16 bits but our systems cope with greater number of users nowadays... maybe the policy should be revised on that point. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Like what I do? Sponsor me: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/05/5-years-of-freexian/ My Debian goals: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/09/debian-related-goals-for-2010/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100520100849.gc8...@rivendell
