From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 501D2139085 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:21:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2AD0FE0DE9; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:21:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-x241.google.com (mail-yw0-x241.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D864EE0DE0 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:21:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw0-x241.google.com with SMTP id l16so6044792ywb.2 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:21:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=/b8gSTI9VZHUXEzgZON8c4mtQL+gGIIi+6VCmcMgX/M=; b=DYsYaipw9SFF6mS3M6pHjO/sQoombOcewtfMXqUh8mJXdJr6QqMSzuqUQVQ+6Jx0mz 78DPSNToDEK0LpOw1Pd0VYn8QG3RAwhUcMRAWo9rw1SEwlTm6pqLtou2Fz7AgjNtudVo Sh8zT7V60b8vPRmoDB9R61IA8YFLGIlJcwOtSEJ+5EWJ5/Mv16/dbeSEAiKpNqBgOzgf d8OQHUfkodgKZbTqq9ndyq0YL6qQbgE1nT2anG5qF6FQa5cOntC0AE3UuAlEWxW/PCY4 3b3j0uggj5MFu7+wEkqZRU43VKEHvScm7sR6BgekpHZwmE0iDSv7SkSHfmQuLeypAXQP mZQw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=/b8gSTI9VZHUXEzgZON8c4mtQL+gGIIi+6VCmcMgX/M=; b=obarzPokG7EHdXWpPU1WUE1Ce6UkgmgLhIGAg1hIf8r5E792dVRROmmAQnHC4G2O8N IIjmRXK+u8By86Mo6HekIX91xgeHe0DAz82rFQ2ezEbLBjb2BbubuxHFLBvfxsMGW/lW O3jA20mDg0R9UQ+DdhzvXQ+S708h3lrkURdgPHVKxUHT1AHJp6WW0n9F8oQ8DY8f7RF4 FpN2qpR+tU7Uwt0/Qlj+E0gByU2G+SIipyuNupcH1eWpdzOSlsu9BgA+Bi2SmdZHGV9c Y7SnoRpnPzuChcZRdu8UBw/YaR4kyjq+2vu923WoXegm5MFsDQhzS6Jq8yZUPedf4D6J 7Mjw== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXJuRSS1Ki03x5pAqdWpvKh+1q5YMLHctDz5M8MefMLPXhGzRnH5DIi5LU/NTCldjvupwDjWfdgdjm9eDQ== X-Received: by 10.129.98.194 with SMTP id w185mr9032013ywb.339.1485577275942; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:21:15 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.13.239.193 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:21:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20170127183752.500f8910@patrickm> References: <9558d41c-17c0-4bbd-e2f8-02575c6d0ecd@gentoo.org> <20170127183752.500f8910@patrickm> From: Rich Freeman Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 23:21:15 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: CfHIkj3fCxfmy-cfLj9CXMymcC8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Requirements for UID/GID management To: Patrick McLean Cc: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: a415a8c6-a3da-4fd5-8204-6590c5e93d73 X-Archives-Hash: 9d0132ec5190083c8460218a4e548f2e On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Patrick McLean wrote: > > I don't think we need to have stable UIDs/GIDs in the "normal" case of > standalone users with a single Gentoo system at home. Of course, but as you point out the enterprise case has more sophisticated solutions. I think the case of somebody running in a home setting or a very small server setting is the main issue. It isn't like inconsistent UIDs are the end of the world. However, IMO it still makes sense to at least try to standardize such things. Really, if you have a package always installing the same user simply sticking a default UID without any effort to avoid collisions is better than nothing, but having a wiki page where people can register UIDs isn't that big a deal. If it fails, it fails... -- Rich