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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Don't use UIDs and GIDs below 100 without QA approval
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:13:52
Message-Id: YaMB94DNDzKQBjl6@linux1.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Don't use UIDs and GIDs below 100 without QA approval by Eray Aslan
1 On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 09:36:32AM +0300, Eray Aslan wrote:
2 > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 09:15:36PM +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
3 > > On 2021-11-11 11:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
4 > > > We could:
5 > > >
6 > > > - Open some part of the range between 500 and 1000. For example,
7 > > > 500..799, which would leave 200 IDs for dynamic allocation.
8 > > >
9 > > > - Open part of the range 60001..65533. Not sure if all software will be
10 > > > happy with that.
11 > > >
12 > > > - Admit that the concept of static allocation has failed, and return to
13 > > > dynamic allocation.
14 > >
15 > > Only the third option is really possible.
16 >
17 > FWIW, I agree with this sentiment.
18 >
19 > 1/ Static allocation does not really solve a problem. Not really not
20 > nowadays
21 > 2/ We cant keep adding new IDs to a distribution as new software gets
22 > added - one side is unbounded. This is losing game.
23 >
24 > Switching back to dynamic allocation seems to be the best option.
25 >
26 > --
27 > Eray
28 >
29
30 I realize I'm very late to this party, but +1 from me also.
31
32 We should use dynamic uid/git assignment by default and maybe provide a
33 way to force certain uids/gids to be constant if users want this.
34
35 William

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