On 06/13/2011 06:56 PM, Rob Crittenden wrote: > Stamper, Brian P. (ARC-D)[Logyx LLC] wrote: >> >> 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. > > Modify the dnanextvalue and dnamaxvalue options in the entry: > > cn=Posix IDs,cn=Distributed Numeric Assignment > Plugin,cn=plugins,cn=config
Ha! Seems I am wrong... Rob but what about the ID of the first entries created? They will be out of scope potentially and it might have issues down the road. > > rob > >> >> -brian >> >> On 6/13/11 3:22 PM, "Steven Jones" <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >> [[email protected]] on behalf of Stamper, Brian P. >> (ARC-D)[Logyx LLC] [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2011 10:18 a.m. >> To: [email protected] >> 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 >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freeipa-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipa-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > > -- Thank you, Dmitri Pal Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project, Red Hat Inc. ------------------------------- Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/ _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
