Bug#43483: proposal] section 3.2 should not allow static user ids (except root=0).

Any thoughts on this one, or should it be dropped for the time being? Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~j

Re: Bug#43483: [proposal] section 3.2 should not allow static user ids (except root=0).

On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:20:59AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > : Package: debian-policy > : Version: web page 1999-8-25 > : > : Debian allows static user ids. This is not a good idea. > : the code necessary to use static id's is pretty

Re: Bug#43483: [proposal] section 3.2 should not allow static user ids (except root=0).

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: : Package: debian-policy : Version: web page 1999-8-25 : : Debian allows static user ids. This is not a good idea. : the code necessary to use static id's is pretty small ^^ dynamic, surely? -- Nathan Norman

Bug#43483: [proposal] section 3.2 should not allow static user ids (except root=0).

Package: debian-policy Version: web page 1999-8-25 Debian allows static user ids. This is not a good idea. the code necessary to use static id's is pretty small (several versions on debian-devel 1999-8-25), so every daemon should do so. this way its easy to use a package on a non-debian linux whe