Hi, Some time ago William asked me to move UID/GID assignments from wiki [1] to something more accessible. I've finally gotten around to draft something, and I'd like to hear your comments about it. The idea is to keep a whitespace-separated record format file in api.gentoo.org repo.
This is mostly inspired by Fedora's format, specifically the ability to specify both UID and GID for matching user/group on the same line. I've also decided not to attempt to specify disjoint Linux and FreeBSD users/groups on a single line. Instead, they are specified separately and defined by providers (as suggested by Ulrich). Sample, along with big comment explaining the file format, below. [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/UID_GID_Assignment === PROPOSED FORMAT === # vim:se ts=8 sts=8 tw=0 : # # This file provides a registry of active, requested and historical UID # and GID assignments in the Gentoo repository. Each line represents # a single record, with the first line providing field headers. Empty # lines and comments are ignored. Fields are separated by whitespace, # with the last (note) field extending to end of line. Note that # additional fields may be added in the future. # # A single record can represent a user, a group or a combination of both # using the same name. Same user/group/UID/GID can be repeated # in mutiple records to reflect reality. If you can't express something # with a single record, split it. # # NAME: user/group name # UID: UID assigned to the user, or '-' if only group is defined # GID: GID assigned to the group, or '-' if only user is defined # PROVIDER: keyword identifying provider of user/group, see below # NOTES: human-readable notes about the assignment, optional # # Valid values for PROVIDER are: # - acct: acct-user/${NAME} and/or acct-group/${NAME} packages # - baselayout: user/group defined in passwd/group files from baselayout # - baselayout-fbsd: same as baselayout but on FreeBSD system # - historical: historical UID/GID assignment, no longer used nowadays # - requested: assignment requested on the ml, not yet pushed # - reserved: special reserved range # - user.eclass: user/group created via user.eclass directly in package # # Use PROVIDERs that apply best at the moment. For example, if user # was migrated from user.eclass to acct-user/ with the same UID, just # list the latter. # # Please keep the list sorted by UID, GID, PROVIDER, NAME (in order). NAME UID GID PROVIDER NOTES root 0 0 baselayout root 0 - baselayout-fbsd toor 0 - baselayout-fbsd FreeBSD lists both names in passwd wheel - 0 baselayout-fbsd bin 1 1 baselayout daemon 1 1 baselayout-fbsd daemon 2 2 baselayout operator 2 5 baselayout-fbsd adm 3 4 baselayout bin 3 7 baselayout-fbsd sys - 3 baselayout sys - 3 baselayout-fbsd lp 4 7 baselayout tty 4 4 baselayout-fbsd sync 5 - baselayout kmem 5 2 baselayout-fbsd tty - 5 baselayout shutdown 6 - baselayout mail 6 6 baselayout-fbsd disk - 6 baselayout halt 7 - baselayout games 7 - baselayout-fbsd lp - 7 acct #... ftp 21 21 acct removed from baselayout svn in r1475 sshd 22 22 user.eclass removed from baselayout svn in r1476 at 25 25 user.eclass removed from baselayout svn in r1479 smtpd 25 25 user.eclass #... rpc 111 111 historical used by net-nds/portmap, removed in 36e60cce #... portage 250 250 baselayout #... (reserved) 500-999 500-999 reserved (reserved) 1000-60000 1000-60000 reserved UID_MIN-UID_MAX/GID_MIN-GID_MAX #... -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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