Re: Call for special UIDs/GIDs for the base package
> If the user and group IDs are reserved, there isn't much point in _not_
> having them in the password file when the system is delivered, is there?
No.
> Packages should still install them if they aren't in the password file,
> but I think the presence of reserved uids/gids of unistalled packages
> will help to avoid collisions with user-installed software.
It should, but I'll bet you there will be plenty of users who won't
RTFM and use reserved uids/gids. Hell, I know they are reserved and
even I used them anyway on machine at work. :-) Of course, we already
had existing ids assigned that I had to use.
David
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