Re: newuser question

From: Ian McWilliam (iandodo.com.au)
Date: Tue Feb 07 2006 - 23:51:12 CST

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On 8 Feb 2006, at 12:00 PM, Arnaud Bergeron wrote:

> On 2/7/06, Nikolay Sturm <sturmerisiandiscord.de> wrote:
>> * Keith Richardson [2006-02-07]:
>>> for the same UID. Are there any reasons *not* to provide the
>>> next-availble UID if the '!' prefix wasn't specified?
>>
>> In a network, having different UIDs for the same accounts is just
>> calling for trouble. You really want a deterministic solution there.
>>
>> Nikolay
>>
>
> Also some apps have their uids compiled-in. What would happen if
> another port "stole" the uid because the one just before was taken (or
> whatever the reason).
>

This is poor software design. They should be looking up the uid or
gid and not relying on a hard coded number.

Ian McWilliam

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