Am Wed, 26 May 2010 18:05:32 +0100 schrieb Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net>:
> What, exactly, does comparing the UID and GID get you? I.e. what > is is protecting you against? If you're using a system such as > Debian, which has created a group by the same name for many years, > you're in no danger AFAIU it is meant for cases where you connect a debian box to an existing LDAP etc. environment, where a user and group might exits but not be related. Like a user that is called admin and an admin system group etc. Having alligned UIDs==GIDs makes UPGs systems more distinguishable from other systems. The check will also recognize RH, f, ... UPGs systems, and the allignment will make those other systems also recognized a debian server as an UPG system. Cheers, Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100526232212.1047deefc.gatzeme...@tu-bs.de@tu-bs.de
