Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Jim Gifford wrote:
Here's what's bugging me about this whole hardcoding of UIDS.
Here is the page from the BLFS book
Name U G
exim 31 31
postfix 32 32
postdrop 33
sendmail 34
mail 34
I think we all agree these are mail servers. So why can'ts exim,
postfix, and sendmail user UID 31. Why do they have to have separate
UID's. Why not just say mailservers are UID of 31 and GID of 31.
I thought about that. The problem with a group of users with the same
uid/gid is that a user testing different mail servers has to change the
uid/gid every time he changes which program he is using/testing. That,
IMO, should be avoided. I also chose to keep all the mail related
numbers close together and when possible set gid=uid for a given package.
What is the big deal? Why do you need the specific uids/gids 32, 33,
and 34?
-- Bruce
Bruce,
as a side thought to make it more generic
how about having all mail server programs run with the user "mserver"
with uid/gid 32/33 (just for an example) that way average joe won't have
a problem and anyone with a little more insite can change this as they
see appropriate.
Matt
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