Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Most daemons are candidates for fixed uid/gid; unfortunately, there is >> only a small range (0-100) available. 'fedora-usermgmt' *allows* the >> administrator to use a free range of uids for service users. > > The main problems I see are 1) the package portability annoyance and The '--hint' patch for useradd should remove the need for 'Requires(): fedora-usermgmt'. But it will require further changes to the shadow-utils package and perhaps anaconda to solve your point 2. > 2) the serious issue of how to configure it *before* installation. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-March/msg00793.html In short: you do not have to change or remove anything but have to add a new package which is installed instead of the 'fedora-usermgmt-default-fedora-setup' package. Sure, it will be possible to make the hint-translator configurable in other, not 'alternatives' using ways. I am open for suggestions there. > To solve #2, we need to have a static registry (i.e. preconfigure the > package), and if we're doing that, we might as well do away with it > completely. How? There is no way to determine whether next nighly 'yum upgrade' will install a previously unknown user and to do the required steps to create this user. Enrico
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