On Fri 28 May 2010 07:05 +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote:
Regarding http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database, I'm wondering why arch does not stick to a minimal set of users and dynamically adds users, if a package needs one?
The table looks a bit strange to me, as using high numbered ids (qmail stuff) will probably break in every larger organisation, where you setup uids from ldap to start at 1000 and they normally cover way more than just 7k+.
It also looks like it creates a real mess in the system, if you pre-define static mappings before and thus fillup 140 ids.
So, what's the point of having this static table and not just to generate users with the next free id?
I think the idea is to keep system/program IDs within a specific range.