Re: Passwd/Group changes proposal v1
Guy Maor:
> Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu> writes:
> > Do we need markers in the file so that we can have user sections that
> > are preserved, or what. I'm thinking of some config files where I've
> > seen:
>
> How could this be done? Dummy users? I don't think replacement
> between two sections is going to work.
No, I don't think so either. I don't think this kind of technique is
needed, either.
> The best way to look at the problem is to examine the types of changes
> base-passwd would want to make:
>
> 1) New user with unallocated uid and unknown name - Easy, just add it.
> 2) ... these are harder :)
>
> Now that we have a policy of uid allocation, we'll hopefully only be
> seeing changes of type 1, but certain other cases aren't too hard to
> do.
Right. Changes of type 1 are easy and we can just go ahead and do
them. Any changes of type 2 are the result of bugs - we shouldn't
need to change things like this; it's probably OK to prompt the user
because each bugfix will be a one-off.
Ian.
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