Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > vservers and chroots? Is this what this is all about? I'd say whoever > setups vservers and chroots *himself* and keeps different passwd/group > files across them should be able to deal with this. I did this. And it was a pain to deal with it. 'fedora-usermgmt' solved this once and forever. > And this is really a very, tiny, infinitesimal small group of users. Dunno; but this group is non-empty. >> 'fedora-usermgmt' deals both with users who must have predictable >> uids, who need predictable uids under some circumstances and who >> never need predictable uids (although: say never "never"). Its flaws >> (causes lot of discussion, is proprietary, nobody else uses it) are >> of non-technical nature and negligible and I do not see why it should >> not be used for all users. > > That's your POV. Exactly a year ago there was the same discussion > about it draining brain power and volunteer time. Yes; there posted lot of people too who never took a look at fedora-usermgmt... :( > Since we can't count it, it needs to be weighted on a case by case > basis. Why not use 'fedora-usermgmt'? Enrico
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