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Re: Why do UID values of system users matter?



On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 04:18:00AM +0200, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for your quick reply.
> 
> I see, multiboot with different /etc but shared /usr or /local could invite
> a lot of trouble if using different UIDs, indeed! Thanks for the quick
> explanation.

Not only that. A system update changing the UID (without changing the
ownership of relevant files) would be at least as confusing.

Cheers
-- t

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