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 TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1044158086 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2AB122BC005; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:36:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asona.a21an.org (asona.a21an.org [IPv6:2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:fe96:53cb]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34FE32BC001 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by asona.a21an.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4HszxN6299z2plW for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:36:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at a21an.org Received: from asona.a21an.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (asona.a21an.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with LMTP id MBoZHNffBtNp for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:36:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rog.a21an.org (unknown [78.186.57.222]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by asona.a21an.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4HszxN35Qzz2pjy for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:36:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:36:32 +0300 From: Eray Aslan To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Don't use UIDs and GIDs below 100 without QA approval Message-ID: References: <0890a89e-2d43-8889-6bbb-decad15b0a2e@gentoo.org> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0890a89e-2d43-8889-6bbb-decad15b0a2e@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 1e23e858-e80a-48ed-a78b-8fa99095e69f X-Archives-Hash: 577e4fd06709c27de64ef7e6a2305855 On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 09:15:36PM +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: > On 2021-11-11 11:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > We could: > > > > - Open some part of the range between 500 and 1000. For example, > > 500..799, which would leave 200 IDs for dynamic allocation. > > > > - Open part of the range 60001..65533. Not sure if all software will be > > happy with that. > > > > - Admit that the concept of static allocation has failed, and return to > > dynamic allocation. > > Only the third option is really possible. FWIW, I agree with this sentiment. 1/ Static allocation does not really solve a problem. Not really not nowadays 2/ We cant keep adding new IDs to a distribution as new software gets added - one side is unbounded. This is losing game. Switching back to dynamic allocation seems to be the best option. -- Eray