Alex Samad: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 04:11:17PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> This is only true for users with a UID < 100, as these are defined and >> maintained by the base-passwd package. System users with a higher UID >> get their UID and GID allocated at package installation time and use the >> first ones that are available. So these vary greatly between systems. -- snip > by your logic if I purged apache and then reinstalled I would recieve a > new uid/gid !
No, he doesn't say that. UIDs are determined on first install, if the
usernames do not exist already. If they do, they are kept unchanged.
And purging a package doesn't remove the username<->UID mappings, they
are always kept intact (since apt cannot tell for sure whether you still
have any files left with the respective owner).
J.
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