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> In principle packages should never depend on any fixed user id. They should |
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> look at the passwd database for their uid. The only exception is root which |
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> has a predefined userid. |
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I believe that Mr. Lesser is asking how one decides on uid/gid's for new |
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packages that should run as something other than root. (For example, |
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apache runs as apache.apache, which maps to uid=81 and gid=81, and those |
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numbers are defined in the /etc/passwd file that's part of baselayout.) |
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Unfortunately, we don't have a good answer to that question just yet. |
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The plan is to generate a table of already-taken uid/gid numbers |
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(see |
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http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-src/eid_database/), but |
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there's clearly a lot of work that needs to be done yet. My best |
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suggestion at the moment is to see what numbers debian is using for your |
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package, check to see if they conflict with anything we have (take a |
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look at the above "database" as well as the passwd and group files at |
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http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/), |
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and go from there. |
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Best, |
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g2boojum |
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Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@g.o> |
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