Bug#765499: Patch to make policy document 32-bit uids
On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 08:51:44PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 23:38:24 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:28:22PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > > Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:
> > >
> > > > + <tag>4294967294:</tag>
> > > > + <item>
> > > > + <p>
> > > > + <tt>(uid_t)(-2) == (gid_t)(-2)</tt> <em>must
> > > > + not</em> be used, because it is mistaken for
> > > > + <tt>65534</tt> <prgn>nobody</prgn> by some
> > > > + programs.
> > > > + </p>
> > > > + </item>
> > >
> > > I would instead say:
> > >
> > > <em>must not</em> be used, because it is used as the anonymous,
> > > unauthenticated user by some NFS implementations.
> >
> > OK I offer an updated patch.
> >
> > Third time's a charm I hope.
> >
> Seconded.
This makes two seconds.
I have created a branch bug765499-bill with this patch that I will merge
shortly if there is no further comments.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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