[gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Anthony G. Basile]

Hi everyone,

I know that is my third time requesting a uid/gid for stunnel, but it
seems that my previous request was already taken but not added to the
uid-gid.txt file, so I didn't know about the collision.

Speaking with mgorny on #gentoo-dev, he suggested that we start simply
making a request, and he'll assign the highest free value(s) at the time.

So @mgorny, can i please have a UID and GID pair for stunnel.

Thanks!

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Michał Górny]

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On Sun, 2019-12-08 at 14:48 -0500, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I know that is my third time requesting a uid/gid for stunnel, but it
> seems that my previous request was already taken but not added to the
> uid-gid.txt file, so I didn't know about the collision.
> 
> Speaking with mgorny on #gentoo-dev, he suggested that we start simply
> making a request, and he'll assign the highest free value(s) at the time.
> 
> So @mgorny, can i please have a UID and GID pair for stunnel.
> 

You misunderstood me.

I meant that if you don't care about the specific number, you just make
a request saying you'll take the highest free UID/GID pair at the time
(that said, please try to use matching UID/GID for convenience's sake). 
That is, unless you want to take a specific lower number.

Since there's no point in waiting again, just look at uid-gid.txt, find
highest free UID/GID, verify that nobody else used or requested it. 
Then commit it, and make sure to update uid-gid.txt.

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Michał Górny


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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Anthony G. Basile]

On 12/8/19 2:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Sun, 2019-12-08 at 14:48 -0500, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I know that is my third time requesting a uid/gid for stunnel, but it
>> seems that my previous request was already taken but not added to the
>> uid-gid.txt file, so I didn't know about the collision.
>>
>> Speaking with mgorny on #gentoo-dev, he suggested that we start simply
>> making a request, and he'll assign the highest free value(s) at the time.
>>
>> So @mgorny, can i please have a UID and GID pair for stunnel.
>>
> 
> You misunderstood me.
> 
> I meant that if you don't care about the specific number, you just make
> a request saying you'll take the highest free UID/GID pair at the time
> (that said, please try to use matching UID/GID for convenience's sake). 
> That is, unless you want to take a specific lower number.
> 
> Since there's no point in waiting again, just look at uid-gid.txt, find
> highest free UID/GID, verify that nobody else used or requested it. 
> Then commit it, and make sure to update uid-gid.txt.
> 

Okay so when you said "i'll take highest free at the time" you meant
that's what the requester would say.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Okay, I'm requesting UID/GID = 492/492.  I'm committing in a sec.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2019, Anthony G Basile wrote:

> Okay, I'm requesting UID/GID = 492/492.  I'm committing in a sec.

That's the ID used by arch for oprofile, so it's a bad choice.

Ulrich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Anthony G. Basile]

On 12/8/19 2:59 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2019, Anthony G Basile wrote:
> 
>> Okay, I'm requesting UID/GID = 492/492.  I'm committing in a sec.
> 
> That's the ID used by arch for oprofile, so it's a bad choice.
> 
> Ulrich
> 

I give up!  How am I supposed to know what to choose if it isn't
requested in the uid-git.txt file?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2019, Anthony G Basile wrote:

>>> Okay, I'm requesting UID/GID = 492/492.  I'm committing in a sec.
>>
>> That's the ID used by arch for oprofile, so it's a bad choice.

> I give up!  How am I supposed to know what to choose if it isn't
> requested in the uid-git.txt file?

Because I had pointed it out here:
https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/48d2696dc2f58d04f97de235f83cdac2

| We had skipped allocation for 492 and 493, because they're used for
| oprofile and oidentd in Archlinux, and we have these packages too.

Ulrich

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: request uid/gid for net-misc/stunnel

[Ulrich Mueller]

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>>>>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2019, Ulrich Mueller wrote:

> | We had skipped allocation for 492 and 493, because they're used for
> | oprofile and oidentd in Archlinux, and we have these packages too.

Anyway, stunnel is 341 now, and 492 is (provisionally) reserved
for oprofile.

Ulrich

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