Adding a global UID/GID?
GENERAL QUESTION:
What is the procedure for getting a UID in the 0-99 range added to Debian?
SPECIFIC QUESTION:
I've noticed in the course of setting up a CVS pserver that it is not
very easy on Debian, and the default is not secure. I would like to
either work with the existing cvs maintainer (Tom Lees) to change the
package or else create an add-on package similar to cvsd on freshmeat.
In particular, what I would like to see is to have the cvs pserver run
under its own UID/GID (as opposed to root). Also, running in a chroot
environment would be desirable. Support scripts for easily adding/removing
non-system-account cvs users is also a goal.
So, the question is:
Should this be done with a cvsd.cvsd user in the 0-99 range, or should
it use a dynamically assigned UID (100-999)? I noticed we already have
users like "irc" and "msql" in the 0-99 range.
-Mitch
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