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| From | Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#1067845: adduser: Reserving uid/gid from the uid/gid pools |
| Date | 2024-03-28 22:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <In5ax-2na0-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ImDei-23CL-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <ImDei-23CL-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 04:55:35PM +0200, Yair Yarom wrote: > The UID_POOL (and GID_POOL) files contains UIDs that should be used for given > name. It would be helpful to reserve the UIDs for the future, so that the order > of adding users to the system won't affect the usability of the UIDs/names. > > I.e. if a UID is in the pool, it won't be used unless for the specific name in > the pool. That sounds sensible. Would you mind to contribute test cases as well? The canoncal place for those test cases would probably be debian/tests/f/uidgidpool.t Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
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Bug#1067845: adduser: Reserving uid/gid from the uid/gid pools Yair Yarom <irush@cs.huji.ac.il> - 2024-03-27 16:20 +0100 Bug#1067845: adduser: Reserving uid/gid from the uid/gid pools Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2024-03-28 22:10 +0100
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