Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:06:04 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson <jdn@qiv.com> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: Studded <Studded@dal.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Setting default starting uid in adduser.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971211190351.1333A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212080601.4294A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Wouldn't it be simpler to change the variable "uid_start" in
/etc/adduser.conf?
-- Jay
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Dean Hollister wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Studded wrote:
>
> > I personally hacked the script. /usr/sbin/adduser is just a perl
> > script, open it up in your favorite editor and change the line that
> > says, $uid_start = 1000 # new users get this uid
>
> This works once, then it resets back to 1000. Its damn annoying, how do
> you set it to a userid you want, and make it increment from that uid?
>
> Regards,
>
> d.
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------+
> | Dean Hollister, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au |
> | Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au |
> +-------------------------------------------------------+
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