Re: [RFC] adding system users: which is the best way??

[Roland Bauerschmidt <rb@debian.org>]

Steve Greenland wrote:
> If you're not going to re-use the ids (a good idea), then you might as
> well leave a username associated with it, so that the admin identify
> *why* it was used.
> 
> My personal opinion and policy is that user ids should never be re-used.
> I realize that on very large networks with many users (possibly
> distributed timewise, like a univesity undergraduate system), this may
> not be possible, but it ought to be true for at least the "system"
> users.

That's a good idea. I'll try to add that as an option to adduser.

-- Roland