Re: [systemd-devel] all numeric usernames not allowed in systemd (version 245 onward)
On Do, 07.04.22 16:37, Nikhil Kshirsagar (nkshirsa...@gmail.com) wrote: > While I completely understand the motivation to do this, my concern is that > this change will break logins for users on a lot of servers that upgrade to > the new systemd. Well, it breaks anyway, since numeric user names are ambiguous. i.e. if you allow this, then the question is if user "0" actually is the user with UID 0, or the one with the literal user name "0". > Is there any chance systemd could support a configuration option in the > future to get the earlier "all numeric" user logins to work? With an > understanding that it would be at the users own risk? I already told you clearly: no. > Are there any pam_systemd configuration options under consideration that > might help anyone looking for such functionality? Or is the only option > "not to upgrade" for someone interested in preserving their all numeric > usernames? No. Sorry. Migrate away from such usernames. It cannot work. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Berlin
Re: [systemd-devel] all numeric usernames not allowed in systemd (version 245 onward)
On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 04:37:48PM +0530, Nikhil Kshirsagar wrote: > Is there any chance systemd could support a configuration option in the > future to get the earlier "all numeric" user logins to work? With an > understanding that it would be at the users own risk? No. > Are there any pam_systemd configuration options under consideration that > might help anyone looking for such functionality? Or is the only option > "not to upgrade" for someone interested in preserving their all numeric > usernames? Not upgrading is one option, renaming the users before or after the upgrade are the other options. Zbyszek
[systemd-devel] all numeric usernames not allowed in systemd (version 245 onward)
Hello, I gather from the discussion on https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15141 that all numeric usernames would no longer be supported on servers running systemd version 245 onward. This was also reiterated by Frantisek and Lennart (thank you for your email responses and for redirecting me to this mailing list.) While I completely understand the motivation to do this, my concern is that this change will break logins for users on a lot of servers that upgrade to the new systemd. Is there any chance systemd could support a configuration option in the future to get the earlier "all numeric" user logins to work? With an understanding that it would be at the users own risk? Are there any pam_systemd configuration options under consideration that might help anyone looking for such functionality? Or is the only option "not to upgrade" for someone interested in preserving their all numeric usernames? Regards, Nikhil.
