Re: Bug#134658: ITP: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 1.1 core support package

[Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:42:38PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> Unfortunately, the following accounts are required (per
> http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.1.0/gLSB/usernames.html):
> 
> USER    GROUP   UID   GID
> root    root     0     0
> bin     bin      1     1
> daemon  daemon   X     X
> 
> X = unspecified
> 
> On Debian:
> 
> USER    GROUP   UID   GID
> root    root     0     0
> bin     bin      2     2
> daemon  daemon   1     1
> 
> So, either we need to figure out how to get bin and daemon to swap (or
> at least move daemon somewhere else and move bin from 2 to 1), or the
> spec needs to change.

I would lobby to change the spec not to mention bin, daemon, or any
of the optional users/groups, at all.  They are not specified in a
useful way, so they're at best dead-weight, and at worst an
opportunity for conflicting interpretations.

I filed a bug to this effect with a subject like "user specification
is worse than useless".  (The sourceforge page is down, so I can't
find a URL now.)

Andrew