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On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 22:05, Will Rogers wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I didn't get any answer for this in the user list, so I'll try it here. |
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> It's a little more dev-related anyway. |
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> I just merged the new baselayout package, and I have one question: |
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> The new /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/shadow files have some |
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> different id numbers for different accounts, and one that I added myself |
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> (postdrop) is now included, but with a different id than I used. Should |
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> I make an effort to change to these new ids, or it not matter? That is, |
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> do ebuilds assume certain a uid or gid when installing a package? |
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Depends, but for postdrop, any id should work. I still have |
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the passwd and group from many versions back, as we only |
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update those to make life of new users, or setting a new |
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box up easier. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Will Rogers |
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> wjr@×××××××.edu |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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