It's enough of an issue that I'd spend the 1-2 hours to reinstall my server and 1 client. I just find it really odd that the default would be so high. I'm all for avoiding conflicts, but I can't think of too many systems that would have a billion users. The help on the server installer says the idstart is random. I'd rather skip 1000 UIDs than 1.3 billion, I just find the numbers unwieldy. Browsing the web, it looks like the default is random between 1m and 2^31. I'd just prefer it be in the 4-6 digit range, as I do still use UIDs numerically on occasion.
I have no issue with the default being what it is, most people may not care what their UID range actually is. I just want to know if it can be changed manually or if I have to reinstall. I'm still in an evaluation phase with a testing system anyway, so I'll just add it to my notes when I deploy to something I might use in production. -brian On 6/13/11 3:22 PM, "Steven Jones" <steven.jo...@vuw.ac.nz> wrote: Hi, The docs say they do this to try and avoid clashes with other organisations in case of a merger. Another reason I can see is possibly Shiboleth (Federation) which I/we have to do. So is changing it that much of an issue? regards ________________________________ From: freeipa-users-boun...@redhat.com [freeipa-users-boun...@redhat.com] on behalf of Stamper, Brian P. (ARC-D)[Logyx LLC] [brian.p.stam...@nasa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2011 10:18 a.m. To: freeipa-users@redhat.com Subject: [Freeipa-users] Change UID range After installing, I've noticed that my UIDs for freeipa start at 1.3 billion. Now, this isn't technically a problem, but it is ... Odd. Is there a way to change this value after install, or am I stuck uninstalling and reinstalling with the --idstart value set to get this to a more reasonable number? -Brian _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list Freeipa-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
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