Re: UID/GID

2005-04-23 Thread Jeremy Utley
low UID/GID's to system users/groups, and to standardize the UID/GID in the book. Those of us who do other things can always will always be free to alter to our own practices. Since the change is a matter of adding -g {number} to groupadd and -u {number} to useradd, it'll be a rela

Re: UID/GID

2005-04-23 Thread Archaic
On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 08:47:36AM -0700, Jeremy Utley wrote: > > > The problem is, if the book, as it is currently written, is followed, > then system users & groups will be created as non-system. But that doesn't actually matter, it is merely an historical issue that *may* have been relevant wa

Re: UID/GID

2005-04-23 Thread Jeremy Utley
assigning UID's and GID's, or should that be best left to the builder, who is building his own system? Your distro, your rules. But we say do it this way. Shouldn't we leave it up to the builder to assign his UID/GID scheme? The problem is, if the book, as it is currently writt