Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:03:27 -0600 From: Alan Amesbury <amesbury@oitsec.umn.edu> To: araujo@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: master.passwd UID/GID number Message-ID: <F2597AC6-428B-452F-B28A-ED689BB76B83@oitsec.umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=0ptXORGqL3-nt1knpivCJRai7MPv5-QQhuxibEZL=7Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOfEmZhEseV=H%2B-ke5s=g5dKZr2WU6GZ-PkQ42xoRwCnaGThYQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxg=0ptXORGqL3-nt1knpivCJRai7MPv5-QQhuxibEZL=7Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 6, 2016, at 23:11 , Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> this was accidentally sent to a private list. Forwarding to the correct list.
>
> On 6 January 2016 at 19:48, Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I need to add a new special user on master.passwd for ypldap.
>> I'm wondering what are the rules to choose the number for UID/GID if there
>> is any.
>
> Pick an arbitrary but low number. Anything below 1000 is typically
> okay - look to see what other users use.
Have a look at ${PORTS}/UIDs and ${PORTS}/GIDs or
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/UIDs?view=co
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/GIDs?view=co
to get an idea of what's in use by other software.
--
Alan Amesbury
University Information Security
http://umn.edu/lookup/amesbury
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