On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database ...and the first one I came across wasn't listed (git), I looked at it's .INSTALL file and see it's dynamic: ==== post_install() { if ! getent group git >/dev/null; then groupadd --system git fi if ! getent passwd git >/dev/null; then useradd --system -c 'git daemon user' -g git -d / -s /bin/bash git fi } ==== So there are core/extra/community packages using the system dynamic method which is probably what you should do as well, since everyone's 'git' UID/GID are most likely different. :( Makes it hard if you need to align across a cluster/shared filesystem, though. -te
