Nicolas Williams writes: > My impression (please correct me if I'm wrong) is that with IPS the UIDs > and GIDs can be allocated dynamically and that most pkgs that install > local users/groups will often not be installed by the user anyways.
I don't understand how dynamic assignment would be administratively useful outside of the lone laptop environment. UIDs can be shared across machines. They show up in backups and file archives, in NFSv[23] messages, and in clustered file systems. How is assigning "well-known" UIDs in a dynamic manner something that would work when the user has more than one machine? We need a fix for this problem -- and fast -- but I don't see how what you're suggesting gets us closer. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
