We have a ticket open at http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/ticket/3061 that I would like to discuss here in a bit more open environment.
See also http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/users.html Comparing groups we have: LFS Redhat Debian Arch root:x:0: bin:x:1: bin daemon bin sys:x:2: daemon bin daemon kmem:x:3: sys sys sys tty:x:4: adm adm adm tape:x:5: tty tty tty daemon:x:6: disk disk disk floppy:x:7: lp lp lp disk:x:8: mem mail mem lp:x:9: kmem news kmem dialout:x:10: wheel uucp wheel audio:x:11: video:x:12: utmp:x:13: usb:x:14: cdrom:x:15: mail:x:34: nogroup:x:99: In general, the only gid that is 'special' is root. However there is at least one older program that needs a switch to be told tty is 4 and not 5. I don't have problem with that switch but I do wonder if tape, floppy, and dialout are still valid. I'm not a big fan of wheel and news/uucp certainly seem to be obsolete. Is there any objection to changing the order of the first 10 groups to: root:x:0: bin:x:1: sys:x:2: -> daemon kmem:x:3: -> sys tty:x:4: -> adm tape:x:5: -> tty daemon:x:6: -> disk floppy:x:7: -> kmem disk:x:8: -> mem lp:x:9: dialout:x:10: (omit) -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
