Hi, Ben Harris <bj...@cam.ac.uk> writes:
> Policy 9.2.2 lists ranges of UIDs and GIDs and what they're used for > in Debian. However, it limits itself to UIDs and GIDs below 65536. > As far as I can tell, on a modern Debian GNU/Linux i386 system UIDs > and GIDs are unsigned 32-bit integers. In consequence, Policy leaves > the status of UIDs above 65535 undefined, and mis-states the value of > (uid_t)(-1). > > I'd suggest that at a minimum this section should be updated to (a) > explicitly reserve the range from 65536 to 4294967294 inclusive for > end-users, (b) reserve 4294967295 as the 32-bit (uid_t)(-1), and (c) > note that 65535 is still reserved for compatibility with systems with > 16-bit UIDs. Ben reported this issue in October, and we tripped over it again today. Is his proposed approach sensible? If so, could it make it into a policy update, do you think? Regards, Matthew -- "At least you know where you are with Microsoft." "True. I just wish I'd brought a paddle." http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5bh9vtux1x....@chiark.greenend.org.uk
