Package: nis Version: 3.13-2 Severity: wishlist (I tried to raise this question for general discussion some time ago but no one replied. See <http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/1998/10/msg00198.html>. Therefore I now submit a more specific proposal as a wishlist bug in the hope of some feedback.)
In regards to NIS (and LDAP), there is no standard place for domain-exported groups which are not user-private groups. I propose that the "system" GID space be split in half and all GIDs at 500 and above be considered domain-exported and those below to be machine-local. The only change necessary in the nis package is to *not* change MINGID in "nis-3.13/ypserv-2.14/scripts/ypMakefile.in". The original value is already 500; just leave it. (I guess this ought to be written into the policy manual at some point, but you have to start somewhere, and it's easier to change a package than the Debian Policy.) /Teddy
