On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 06:39:46AM -0600, Mate Wierdl wrote:
>
> Can someone explain to me why it would be bad to include
> multiple sets of binaries with differeint UID/GID combos,
> and install one based on which UIDs/GIDs the system had
> open? With, say, 5 sets of UIDs/GIDs, one could get fairly
> decent coverage of users.
>
> 1) What if you have partial overlap with the existing UIDs GIDs?
> 2) What if the qmail users/groups are already added---except qmaill is
> called lqmail?
I'm talking about using brute force:
Here are 5 sets of binaries.
The first has UIDs 792-799, and GIDs 798 799.
Next has UIDs 1792-1799, and GIDs 1798 1799.
Next has UIDs 2792-2799, etc etc.
An install script decides which is the first UID/GID combo which
is open, and installs that set of binaries.
The install should prequalify the system's user/group name space AND
alternate UID/GID space. How can it be otherwise? My goal here is
to install binaries which can be MD5 checksum'd, so idedit isn't an
option.
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John White
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