On Mon, 31 May 2010 07:58:45 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> wrote: >On dim., 2010-05-30 at 20:46 +0200, C. Gatzemeier wrote: >> Not a 100% sync, since any conflicts will need to be resolved, but quite >> good for systems with sparse users. Also for reinstalling/replacing >> systems, because it makes the IDs independent from the order in which >> they were created. > >I'm sure you could do a wrapper around adduser to specify the UID has a >hash of the username (or something, so you would have the same uid on >all your boxes), though it might be hard to avoid collisions in the >short allowed range.
That's what I've been doing even during the time when I was lead maintainer of adduser. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1oj5fw-0002k4...@swivel.zugschlus.de