master.passwd UID/GID number

Eitan Adler lists at eitanadler.com
Thu Jan 7 05:11:48 UTC 2016


this was accidentally sent to a private list.  Forwarding to the correct list.

On 6 January 2016 at 19:48, Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I need to add a new special user on master.passwd for ypldap.
> I'm wondering what are the rules to choose the number for UID/GID if there
> is any.

Pick an arbitrary but low number.  Anything below 1000 is typically
okay - look to see what other users use.


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Eitan Adler


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