On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:52:25 +0100, Martin Kühne via arch-general wrote:
> What I would recommend to you is to use another range further beyond
> 1000 for your network users and groups because with regard to what we
> established in the first paragraph, those don't seem to qualify as
> system users IMO.
Well, since we are talking about an existing system with a few dozen
users and more machines, plus a few servers, moving existing users and
groups is a last resort, and one that will create unhappiness and bad
fallout. I would rather not go there.
> And, just to mention it for completness, there is
> /etc/login.defs where you can theoretically adjust those numbers.
This
<snip>
# Min/max values for automatic uid selection in useradd
#
UID_MIN 1000
UID_MAX 60000
# System accounts
SYS_UID_MIN 500
SYS_UID_MAX 999
</snip>
might actually help, depending on how well it is enforced. Thanks!
Cheerio,
hauke
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