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Re: Updates on the Passwd/Group changes proposal



Guy Maor:
> Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> > The problem of clashing will be minimal, I think, with ids from 65000
> > onwards - especially if we document our policy clearly, for example by
> > putting it in comments in adduser.conf.
> 
> There don't have to be any adduser variables to support this, right?
> 
> Currently I have these 4:
> FIRST_UID = 1000
> LAST_UID  = 29999
> FIRST_SYSTEM_UID = 100
> LAST_SYSTEM_UID = 999
> 
> adduser will only allocate outside of these ranges if asked for a
> specific id.  I will document the above user and system ranges and the
> other ranges in adduser.conf(5) and adduser(8).
> 
> I'll release a new adduser within the next day.

That's great, thanks.

Ian.

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