Am I overlooking something? Please help me clarify this: If I use static ids 0-99, they're set, both numbers and names. I can be sure, that on every debian system they're assigned the same (or unassigned, in case of older systems, and via dependencies I can force base-passwd to be updated) - stated in policy 3.2.
I want new system ids for my package, but I was told on deb-devel to use dynamic ones. That means a set name, compiled into code, and different id numbers on each system, determined at runtime, right? Is there (or will there be) a mechanism to _assure_ that no other package (with possible exception of conflicting ones), nor local admin will use my group/user name? Ok; I can think out a strange name, like 'ups4billgates', so that the probability of another such user being already there is minimal, but the problem stays. -- jozef :-) Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
