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. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
