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

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

>>>>> "B" == Bruce Perens <bruce@Pixar.com> writes:

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

One advantage to the integer to string map is that you can change the
name of a group and have it reflected immediately, or were you just
talking about allowing more characters in the the group/user names?

--
Rob