uid/gid

[Jozef Hitzinger <hitzinger@phobos.fphil.uniba.sk>]

Am I overlooking something? Please help me clarify this: 

If I use static ids 0-99, they're set, both numbers and names. I can be
sure, that on every debian system they're assigned the same (or
unassigned, in case of older systems, and via dependencies I can force
base-passwd to be updated) - stated in policy 3.2.

I want new system ids for my package, but I was told on deb-devel to use
dynamic ones. That means a set name, compiled into code, and different
id numbers on each system, determined at runtime, right?

Is there (or will there be) a mechanism to _assure_ that no other package
(with possible exception of conflicting ones), nor local admin will use my
group/user name?

Ok; I can think out a strange name, like 'ups4billgates', so that the
probability of another such user being already there is minimal, but the
problem stays.

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