On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 01:17:52AM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> >> Am 15.01.2017 um 01:13 schrieb Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek: >> >== No need for static allocation, afaict >> >games, man, slocate, squid, named, postgres, mysql, nscd, >> >rpcuser, rpc, rpm, ntp, mailman, gdm, utempter, apache, smmsp, >> >tomcat, frontpage, nut, beagleindex, avahi, tcpdmp, privoxy, radvd, >> >imap, majordomo, polkituser, screen, clamav, saned, mock, ricci, luci >> >> this idea is horrible wenn you maintain many machines over many >> years because the 27/27 for mysqld and 48/48 for apache as example >> ensures that you can clone/move data between every redhat based >> distribution of the last 15 years and you wnat to go that capability >> to be gone > > How do you "clone/move data"? Normally tar/rsync/scp will use the user > or group name, not the number. Except when it doesn't. The mysql use on one system may not *exist* at the time of running rsync or tar, and it certainly does not work wekk across mounted disk images or NFSv3 and most NFSv4 mounts. Let's not change static, stable content that there isn't a compelling reason to change. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
