Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 22:56:20 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kernel coding of nobody/nogroup Message-ID: <20170421222601.U2526@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <YTXPR01MB01891B0098C7E163B8D82CC6DD1A0@YTXPR01MB0189.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> References: <YTXPR01MB01891B0098C7E163B8D82CC6DD1A0@YTXPR01MB0189.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017, Rick Macklem wrote: > I need to set the default uid/gid values for nobody/nogroup into kernel > variables. I reverted the commit that hardcoded them, since I agree that > wasn't a good thing to do. > > I didn't realize that "nobody" was already defined in sys/conf.h and I can > use that. I didn't know nobody was already there either. They are only used by zfs, while the others were originally only sed for devices. > There is no definition for "nogroup" in sys/conf.h. > Would it be ok to add > #define GID_NOGROUP 65533 > to syy/conf.h? > (I know bde@ doesn't like expressing this as 65533, but that is what it is in /etc/group.) sys/conf.h already has GID_NOBODY but it is subtly different from GID_NOGROUP. It seems to be a bug that zfs uses nobody's gid instead of the gid nogroup which is used by no body. Bruce
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20170421222601.U2526>