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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 19:57:58
Message-Id: 9b773e34-33d7-a6b6-86b2-9b5a0bf3323f@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel by "Michał Górny"
1 On 12/8/19 2:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Sun, 2019-12-08 at 14:48 -0500, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
3 >> Hi everyone,
4 >>
5 >> I know that is my third time requesting a uid/gid for stunnel, but it
6 >> seems that my previous request was already taken but not added to the
7 >> uid-gid.txt file, so I didn't know about the collision.
8 >>
9 >> Speaking with mgorny on #gentoo-dev, he suggested that we start simply
10 >> making a request, and he'll assign the highest free value(s) at the time.
11 >>
12 >> So @mgorny, can i please have a UID and GID pair for stunnel.
13 >>
14 >
15 > You misunderstood me.
16 >
17 > I meant that if you don't care about the specific number, you just make
18 > a request saying you'll take the highest free UID/GID pair at the time
19 > (that said, please try to use matching UID/GID for convenience's sake).
20 > That is, unless you want to take a specific lower number.
21 >
22 > Since there's no point in waiting again, just look at uid-gid.txt, find
23 > highest free UID/GID, verify that nobody else used or requested it.
24 > Then commit it, and make sure to update uid-gid.txt.
25 >
26
27 Okay so when you said "i'll take highest free at the time" you meant
28 that's what the requester would say. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
29
30 Okay, I'm requesting UID/GID = 492/492. I'm committing in a sec.
31
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33 Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
34 Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>