Your message dated Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:18:04 -0400
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and subject line Re: Bug#514436: update libuuid1.postinst to use adduser
--system instead of useradd
has caused the Debian Bug report #514436,
regarding update libuuid1.postinst to use adduser --system instead of useradd
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Package: libuuid1
Version: 1.41.3-1
Severity: wishlist
short summary:
it is better to use "adduser --system ... libuid ..." instead of the
complicated parsing of $ADDUSERCONF because adduser has the --system
option so parsing /etc/adduser.conf is not necessary.
as far as i have observed, there seems to be one difference thou:
adduser seems to increment the uid step-by-step increment to find the
next free one (thus filling gaps/holes) while useradd seems to search
for the highest uid and increment this one.
e.g.
uid:name
120:sshd
121:cups
700:backup
-> useradd will use 701 and adduser will use 122.
cheers,
raoul
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tags 514436 +wontfix
thanks
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 11:14:15AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > as far as i have observed, there seems to be one difference thou:
> > adduser seems to increment the uid step-by-step increment to find the
> > next free one (thus filling gaps/holes) while useradd seems to search
> > for the highest uid and increment this one.
>
> I have trouble considering this a major problem.... or even a minor
> problem, for that matter.
>
> I'll accept a patch which checks for the presence for adduser, and
> uses if it is present, and falls back to useradd if adduser is not
> present, but I don't care enough to try to implement and test it.
> Patches, however, will be gratefully accepted. :-) Please make sure
> you test it on systems that don't have adduser to make sure the right
> thing happens in both cases.
No patch has been forthcoming, and this isn't really a problem --- so
I'm closing this. If someone really wants this, patches are
greatfully accepted.
- Ted
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