Re: automatic adduser/addgroup in postinst (was Re: fingerd)

[Lukas Nellen <lukas@teorica0.ifisicacu.unam.mx>]

>>>>> "I" == Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> writes:


    I> This is a bug in the base system, I believe.  Our uid (and gid)
    I> allocation structure is
    I>   0-99       base system maintainer, allocated centrally
    I>   100-999    allocated dynamically and locally by adduser (and so may
    I>              not be preempted centrally) for system accounts
    I>   1000-$     allocated dynamically for ordinary users
    I>   65534      `nobody', allocated centrally

In many mixed environments, UIDs starting from 100 are used for
ordinary accounts. How do you prevent clashes? Wouldn't it be safer to
allocate UID's for system accounts starting from 65533 downwards? For
all I know, that is less likely to cause problems in an heterogeneous
network. 

			Cheers,
				Lukas
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