On 12/10/19 1:47 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> Having UIDs chosen completely at random seems fairly non-optimal.
> Suppose you're building containers/etc and then bind-mounting in
> persistent storage (/var/lib/mysql and so on).  Wouldn't it be nice if
> the default were that mysql would get the same UID on every build?  I
> guess you could provide an initial /etc/passwd on every fresh build
> but it just seems like an extra step.

I was more thinking along sys admins being able to modify their acct-
ebuilds with static numbers. If you're bind-mounting already, why not
bind your portage (or local overlay) to children as well. 2 minute more
work for those who need it, but a lot easier to everyone else who don't
care :)


-- juippis