On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 13:04 +0100, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 12:45:36PM +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote: > > Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > >> >> When a package/daemon writes files and/or reads files which are protected > > >> >> by file permissions, it is a good candidate for fixed uids. > > >> > > > >> > Don't userdel the user. > > >> > > >> ??? When I install a package on machine A and machine B, I do not use > > >> 'userdel' overall. > > > > > > "a package/daemon writes files and/or reads files which are protected > > > by file permissions" does not do so by default from machine A to > > > machine B, right? > > > > Perhaps not "by default"; but this package might be used in a setup > > which shares network resources betwen A and B. > > Ok, let's bite. Please name a couple that would be candiates for doing > so. Looking at the package registry for fedora-useradd I don't see > anything but perhaps twiki that would use shared networked folders > (and I'm not even sure about twiki either). > > For example having clamav using a shared networked database for virus > signatures is out of question. Or zaptel would never mount its device > nodes from another machine. > > If there are *real* use cases for sharing data across machines the > packager should request a fixed uid/gid. No, if you want to share resources across machines you have to plan it from scratch and use a shared passwd/group database or a network file system like CIFS or NFSv4 that do not depend on local uid/gid space as it transmits a SID/user principal on the wire. Anything else is broken on premises. -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
