[arch-general] Policykit, uid like a service, and gid like a user
I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really have a uid below 1000 (like other service accounts) and a gid above 1000 (which is what users are given). Looks to me like it might be a bug, but thought I'd get some input on it before raising my first bug against an Arch package :-) /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe
On 2009-04-28 23:42, Magnus Therning wrote:
I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really have a uid below 1000 (like other service accounts) and a gid above 1000 (which is what users are given).
Looks to me like it might be a bug, but thought I'd get some input on it before raising my first bug against an Arch package :-)
/M
+1 Same here :)
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:42, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really have a uid below 1000 (like other service accounts) and a gid above 1000 (which is what users are given).
Looks to me like it might be a bug, but thought I'd get some input on it before raising my first bug against an Arch package :-)
Probably the install script should use: "groupadd --system policykit" in the install script. -- damjan
Damjan Georgievski wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:42, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
I noticed after installing policykit that it created a new user and group (both called policykit). The thing that surprised me was the uid was 102 while the uid was 1001. Should a system service like that really have a uid below 1000 (like other service accounts) and a gid above 1000 (which is what users are given).
Looks to me like it might be a bug, but thought I'd get some input on it before raising my first bug against an Arch package :-)
Probably the install script should use: "groupadd --system policykit" in the install script.
Yes. I raised a bug about it. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe
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Damjan Georgievski
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Magnus Therning