Bug#4849: etc/passwd contains entries above 99
> > I'm postulating two kinds of system accounts: static ones, where the
> > ids user are the owners of files in .deb files or are compiled into
> > binaries, and dynamic ones where they are only used by name or in
> > scripts.
>
> > The static ones would be allocated centrally from the range 0-99, or
> > 65000-65533 if many are required by one package or for obscure
> > packages or if we start to run out.
Would it not be a good idea to work towards a range of 0-999? Eventually,
it might be nice to have this extra space. If the default starting userid
were set to 1000 today, it would mean less problems in the future should
it become necessary to have the extended reserved range.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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