Thanks for that link and for the info on dynamic UID's. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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
