--- mj at sci.fi wrote:
>
> >
> > what's really strange is that if you're adding a person to multiple groups (really, listing
> > multiple memberuid attributes in a posixgroup) you MUST use the text name of the person. Even
> > though the attr is called member*uid*, if you put the uid in there, it won't work. Text
> string
> > must be specified. I know it's not FDS's fault but as my kids would say, "that's just whack."
> >
>
> uid is a text string username.
>
> uidNumber is an integer user id number.
only in this context. 99.9999% of the time, when people say UID, they mean the number, not the
text username. In fact, the man page is clear on this:
The name field is the login name of a user, it is up to 8 letters or
numbers long starting with a letter. The login name must be unique. The
password field is either empty (no password), a 13 character encrypted
password as returned by crypt(3), or a login name preceded by two number
signs (#) to index the shadow password file. Anything else (usually *)
is invalid. The uid and gid fields are two numbers indicating the users
user-id and group-id. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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