Hi John, I didn't mean to imply that UID/GID is part of the LANANA charter. I was responding to Julie's suggestion about a "Linux Reserved Number Registry," which is what LANANA appears to be (I say that only based on its name, which as "Assigned," not "Reserved").
BTW, what is in the LANANA charter? Where is its charter? (serious question, not rhetorical) Thanks, ~Randy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: Cagle, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Currently, a UID/GID registry is not part of LANANA's charter, AFAIK. > > > From: Julie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > As a thought, someone might want to create a "Linux Reserved > > > > Number Registry" so that vendors can reserve UID/GID values and > > > > have some assurance that similarly concerned vendors > won't expect > > > > that a specific UID/GID value will be available. > > > > > > That would be at www.lanana.org (H. Peter Anvin).
