On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 11:24:34PM +0100, Jason Cormie wrote:
> according to my passwd file group 100 is no longer used as described
> previously.
> 
> sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
> games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
> man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
> 
> Since this bug first was reported normals users now get generated from
> 1000 and each of the previously mentioned accounts either have their own
> group or are assigned to nogroup
> 
> I think this bug should be closed

Speaking as the package maintainer, please leave this bug open. While it
is true that no global static users use gid 100 any more, the gid still
exists and ultimately should be changed to 99 at least for new
installations.

  $ getent group 100
  users:x:100:

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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