From: rob@ereet.co.uk
To: Barry Shaw <baz@scms.waikato.ac.nz>
Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] enewgroup and enewuser suggestion
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:05:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040524210551.GA7953@ereet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40B2622F.6050200@scms.waikato.ac.nz>
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On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 08:59:27AM +1200, Barry Shaw wrote:
> Given the fact that sites with large user bases will often have many
> UIDs/GIDs that aren't continuous, it would be a good idea if these
> functions were coded to check for the existence of a file that contained
> reserved (or allowed) ranges of UIDs/GIDs. This would allow maximum
> generality in portage, whilst giving end users maximum flexibility.
>
> I'm willing to code this if its deemed a useful idea.
I already coded something similar-ish. It allowed you to specify a range
of UIDs that portage was allowed to use in make.conf. I sent the patch
to vapier and the idea was rejected. Instead portage was changed to only
add UIDs under 1000.
*shrug*
--
rob holland - [ director @ ereet ltd ]
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-24 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-24 20:59 [gentoo-dev] enewgroup and enewuser suggestion Barry Shaw
2004-05-24 21:05 ` rob [this message]
2004-05-24 21:35 ` Mike Frysinger
2004-05-24 21:53 ` Barry Shaw
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