[arch-general] Policykit, uid like a service, and gid like a user

[Damjan Georgievski]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:42, Magnus Therning <magnus at 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.






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damjan