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| From: | Jaco Kroon <jaco@××××××.za> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] dynamic groups and users | ||
| Date: | Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:05:04 | ||
| Message-Id: | ab358e4a-f653-f3e3-3fb2-237ef22191f3@uls.co.za | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] dynamic groups and users by Ulrich Mueller |
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| 1 | Hi Ulrich, |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | > >> I don't see any reason to prohibit having a user/group package for |
| 5 | >> root. > > Is creation of (additional) users with UID 0 a good idea |
| 6 | from a > security point of view? Maybe it is better to explicitly forbid |
| 7 | it? > I believe the current code already prevents re-use of an already |
| 8 | used UID value. So this concern, whilst valid, is already addressed I |
| 9 | believe. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Kind Regards, |
| 12 | Jaco |