On Friday 03 March 2006 08:32, Kristian Vaaf wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Have you all ever had a look at your /etc/master.passwd and
> /etc/group? Stupid question. But notice the user and group
> identifications being thrown about as if they didn't matter. To me
> they do, and I would like some order in my system. Starting with my
> user and group identifications.
>
> Can I do something like this?
>
> find -s . -uid foo | xargs chown bar
> find -s . -gid foo | xargs chgrp bar
>
> To be able to arrange master.passwd like this,
> where UIDs and GIDs go by a chronological order?
>
> nobody:*:55555:55555::0:0:Unprivileged:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> root:$1$xsL49xbt$of5hvUCiVT/b/D3B70bZv1:0:0::0:0:Core:/root:/usr/loca
>l/bin/zsh
>
> daemon:*:1:1::0:0:System Processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin
> operator:*:2:2::0:0:Operator:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
> kmem:*:3:65533::0:0:KMem:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
> bin:*:4:4::0:0:Binaries:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
> tty:*:5:65533::0:0:Titty:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
> news:*:6:6::0:0:News:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
> man:*:7:7::0:0:Manuals:/usr/share/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
>
> sshd:*:101:101::0:0:Secure Shell:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
> www:*:102:102::0:0:World Wide Web:/usr/local/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
> ftp:*:103:103::0:0:File Transfer
> Protocol:/home/websites:/usr/sbin/nologin
> mysql:*:104:104::0:0:MySQL:/var/db/mysql:/sbin/nologin
> proxy:*:105:105::0:0:Packet Filter:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> smmsp:*:106:106::0:0:Sendmail
> Submission:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin
> mailnull:*:107:107::0:0:Sendmail
> Default:/var/spool/mqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin
> postfix:*:108:108::0:0:Postfix:/var/spool/postfix:/usr/sbin/nologin
> cyrus:*:109:109::1111874400:0:Cyrus:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> spamd:*:110:110::0:0:SpamAssassin:/var/spool/spamd:/sbin/nologin
> vscan:*:111:111::0:0:Scanner:/var/amavis:/bin/sh
> clamav:*:112:112::0:0:ClamAV:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> tinydns:*:113:113::0:0:TinyDNS:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> axfrdns:*:114:114::0:0:Transfers:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> dnscache:*:115:115::0:0:Cache:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> dnslog:*:116:116::0:0:Logging:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
>
> vaaf:*:1001:0::0:0:Kristian:/home/vaaf:/usr/local/bin/zsh
> nomad:*:1002:1002::0:0:Hednod:/home/nomad:/usr/local/bin/zsh
> polvott:*:1003:1003::0:0:Thomas:/home/polvott:/usr/local/bin/zsh
> speak:*:1004:1004::0:0:Poetry:/home/speak:/usr/local/bin/zsh
>
> And groups equally:
>
> nobody:*:55555:
> wheel:*:0:root
>
> daemon:*:1:
> operator:*:2:root
> kmem:*:3:
> bin:*:4:
> tty:*:5:
> news:*:6:
> man:*:7:
> sshd:*:101:
>
> www:*:102:
> ftp:*:103:
> mysql:*:104:
> proxy:*:105:
> smmsp:*:106:
> mailnull:*:107:
> postfix:*:108:
> cyrus:*:119:
> spamd:*:110:
> vscan:*:111:
> clamav:*:112:
> tinydns:*:113:
> axfrdns:*:114:
> dnscache:*:115:
> dnslog:*:116:
>
> nomad:*:1002:
> polvott:*:1003:
> speak:*:1004:
>
> And so on ...
>
> Maybe such order, harmony or balance or whatever will help
> boost system performance? Just a superstitious thought. Cheers! :)
>
> All the best,
> Vaaf
>
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Try to take care of one problem at a time. If you don't look at them, 
they have plenty of harmony and balance, and they work.

Concentrate more on 'make buildworld', you haven't gotten through that 
yet.

Don
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