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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Patrick McLean <chutzpah@g.o> wrote: |
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> I don't think we need to have stable UIDs/GIDs in the "normal" case of |
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> standalone users with a single Gentoo system at home. |
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Of course, but as you point out the enterprise case has more |
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sophisticated solutions. I think the case of somebody running in a |
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home setting or a very small server setting is the main issue. |
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It isn't like inconsistent UIDs are the end of the world. However, |
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IMO it still makes sense to at least try to standardize such things. |
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Really, if you have a package always installing the same user simply |
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sticking a default UID without any effort to avoid collisions is |
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better than nothing, but having a wiki page where people can register |
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UIDs isn't that big a deal. |
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If it fails, it fails... |
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Rich |
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