2017-01-23 15:37 GMT+01:00 andrew fabbro <and...@fabbro.org>: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 3:44 AM, Martin Schröder <mar...@oneiros.de> wrote: >> 2017-01-20 8:43 GMT+01:00 minek van <minek...@mail.com>: >> > Or something would be broken with random UIDs/GUIDs, ex.: NFS? Would it >> > only do pain? >> >> Yes. > > Not sure about that...it would certainly be a headache to change UIDs/GIDs > if you already have them in place, but for setting up a new server/new > accounts, nfs doesn't care what number you are (well, 0 excepted). Whether > the algorithm is "last used +1" or arc4random, you have the same > sync/directory problems regardless. That's for user accounts...service > accounts might need a bit more thought.
And what if my UID/GUIDs are random on every host and server? Would nfs handle that? Best Martin
