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Re: Call for special UIDs/GIDs for the base package



> I'll bet you there will be plenty of users who won't
> RTFM and [will then] use reserved uids/gids.

Having them pre-exist in the password file is the best thing we can
do, then. You'd have less of an excuse if you collided with them.

> 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.

I'd prefer string ID attributes, instead of these integers with a file to
map them. Something like "bruce@pixar.com" as the owner-ID attached to my
directory would be just fine. Unix is nice, but it can be improved upon.
Our mission is to make the best of it for now :-) .

	Bruce
--
Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com> A campaigner for Clinton and against Censorship.
Toy Story: $183M and counting. At $184M it will beat the #1 movie of 1995.


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