From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Jan 7 05:11:48 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE41CA651F6 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 2016 05:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x230.google.com (mail-wm0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 559C41BD2 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 2016 05:11:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x230.google.com with SMTP id b14so105349900wmb.1 for ; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:11:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=XJbP4jLsIYS6Yp+qbu6s6FLBwSAd43q/DzsSpzO/oXk=; b=Gwr6/yTpHW6prIaLl8YVn3gUJEr6AMVmsbvJjRYlTNwSYdWjFiRfHA8GhNZz/XoPrb cNRMmvOReOJu8G0s+iWvp3LIFFqJ5CsWA1oVFqbWMcLeyrXZf5MIHVwFZdikOCSGkkBN 0f8i4gO06moRZhshaBqfUwKyWszMlAflFW5LM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=XJbP4jLsIYS6Yp+qbu6s6FLBwSAd43q/DzsSpzO/oXk=; b=NzPFP6HLudPWi2zBi++LNrDkdt1Qho5IzhyLLefxlLgbITMhibC2BGLaVOtCDWSpFi DzkX59arnxZP61mbwNAnxovmU7hRjR6B7tt6jLFTOZcT7DFjS6kmhtv4xHFIfmQdl+eZ 50lb4JAD29cP2KWjKOe2usRkfymsP7GR+aGfGZrCZaZJ9Cc2NnKqDe9Ce3sTTO7siF3x 3wILIjkQCzFwTcMmQ+F6MPeuhsuu377H1RABpt8QaVI4wULAsyCa7TCLdxjdl70LpWoy rrZGn3qUb7dJ28+8I2NmkNymuZic7mDXM+9hDZT7tQF48luDCpGKPWMcSJRyQKUjmUMw b/pA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkoqCDUyGlYTgrn89QXgTfAAW3t18vRktUnqcdrrwHpLuyRW9Jfe6jCI7+gD/r7ZoCQQsSlfRykYJ/8jQMCgU6UjOApHA== X-Received: by 10.28.85.129 with SMTP id j123mr15131616wmb.77.1452143506053; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:11:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.43.1 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Jan 2016 21:11:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Eitan Adler Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 21:11:16 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: master.passwd UID/GID number To: araujo@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 05:11:48 -0000 this was accidentally sent to a private list. Forwarding to the correct list. On 6 January 2016 at 19:48, Marcelo Araujo 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. -- Eitan Adler