On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:42:38PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote: > Unfortunately, the following accounts are required (per > http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.1.0/gLSB/usernames.html): > > USER GROUP UID GID > root root 0 0 > bin bin 1 1 > daemon daemon X X > > X = unspecified > > On Debian: > > USER GROUP UID GID > root root 0 0 > bin bin 2 2 > daemon daemon 1 1 > > So, either we need to figure out how to get bin and daemon to swap (or > at least move daemon somewhere else and move bin from 2 to 1), or the > spec needs to change.
I would lobby to change the spec not to mention bin, daemon, or any of the optional users/groups, at all. They are not specified in a useful way, so they're at best dead-weight, and at worst an opportunity for conflicting interpretations. I filed a bug to this effect with a subject like "user specification is worse than useless". (The sourceforge page is down, so I can't find a URL now.) Andrew
