mattdm(a)mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:
> That's not possible. Only the range 0-99 is reserved for
fixed user
> ids. All other ranges are free for local uses. For example the range
> 100-499 mentioned in another posting: every third party package which
> adds user, or just a simple 'useradd -r' will assign the next unused
> uid in this area. So you can not assign fixed UIDs in this range as it
> *will* cause conflicts.
>
> Using another UID range will be similarly; it may be/is possible that
> this range is used on some system.
Yes, but the range under 500 is already defined as "special". I don't
think
it's unreasonable for a certain subset of that to be now marked as reserved
for Fedora Extras packages. We could make it start at 300 to be less likely
to conflict with random "useradd -r" done earlier.
Assigning fixed IDs in this range would violate LSB which states
| The system User IDs from 100 to 499 should be reserved for dynamic
| allocation by system administrators and post install scripts using
| useradd.
[
http://www.linuxbase.org/spec//book/LSB-generic/LSB-generic/uidrange.html]
That's why it would be a bad idea when Fedora Extras claims fixed UIDs
there. I agree with you that every large organisation has its assigned
UID ranges and it will not be possible to find a free range which can be
assigned to Fedora Extras.
Perhaps we could find such a range in the 32bit UID space which is allowed
by Linux; but I am not sure whether we cause portability problems.
Enrico