In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >static user id´s are a _problem_ with nfs, not a help. >that´s why this proposal is: if the user id is read via /etc/passwd >(or whatever you use), it is possible to sync the user id´s in >a nfs network environment. > >with compiled in user ids it is not possible (without recompiling). > >the only exception: root is always 0. compile this into your binary.
With all due respect, you are confusing too different issues: 1. should programs have ids hardcoded. I personally dislike this. I don't think anyone is debating it. The only exception I would give is root. I (personally) would consider it a bug to hard code "root" in a program - you should hard code 0 instead; as while it is rather nonstandard, it is possible the administrator may have renamed root to something else. 2. should /etc/passwd and /etc/group have the ids hardcoded. This is what has been under dispute (not that I feel too strongly on the matter - however I believe there are issues that have not had proper consideration). -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
