In article <4ec28e0b.20...@digium.com>, Jason Parker <jpar...@digium.com> wrote: > On 11/15/2011 09:58 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: > > I see on my CentOS systems that certain users for particular subsystems > > have standardised UIDs and GIDs. For example mysql=27, ntp=38, sshd=74. > > > > My two questions are: > > > > 1. Is there a list of these standard assignments somewhere? Googling did > > not turn up anything for me. > > > > 2. Are there standard values of UID and GID reserved for the "asterisk" > > user, if used for running Asterisk as non-root.? > > > > Cheers > > Tony > > There are no standard UID/GIDs for things. They are just system users that > have > no login shell. They are given lower IDs than normal user accounts (on redhat > systems, see -r option to useradd) so that they can be easily distinguished.
Yes, I was hoping to use such a system user and group for asterisk, which would not conflict with any other system package I might install in the future, by virtue of being reserved for asterisk. But it sounds like it is distro-specific. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: t...@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: t...@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
