On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:08:50AM +0100, Teddy Hogeborn wrote: > Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Not having a clue about NIS and never having had any sizeable amount > > of local users, I'd like to have an "executive summary" for this bug > > report. > > > > Which change is suggested to adduser? > > The change of LAST_SYSTEM_UID in /etc/adduser.conf from 999 to 499.
/etc/adduser.conf is a conffile. The range 100-999 is laid down in policy 9.2.2, so changing the default in adduser is out of the question. > If this is done, Group IDs of 500 to 999 can be used for NIS-exported > groups, but this is not anything which adduser has to be concerned > about. Right, adduser can be locally configure to handle this. > One additional possibility is for adduser to support an interface to > add users/groups in this new range, which would involve a new > configuration option and at least one new command line option. But > this is not necessarily requested or required. I'm actually not convinced that this would do any good. adduser traditionally does not care about NIS/LDAP setup, and I think that accounts and groups that will appear on multiple systems should not be created by adduser. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
