On 11/11/2018 11:46 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
You're not asking me to do that, right?
Yes, of course I am. Those numbers are reserved for the system, and
some package might be using it. Unlikely, but possible.
FWIW, it is rather "hard" to add 2 users with the same
UID. You'd have to know to include
either -o or --non-unique to the adduser command.
Even so, glitches can happen and it only takes a few seconds to check.
You'd also need a deliberate act to add user's with UID of
less than 1000 since the
default is not to create users with UID of greater than 1000. Unless, this is an
upgraded
system. I've not tried any of the various GUI to see if one can force lower numbers.
Well, you managed, didn't you? And I'm concerned about the possibility
that a package created that account for valid reasons, but it's now
causing a conflict.