In a previous thread "convention on uid/gid for packages" we explored the cons/pros of static and dynamic assignment uid/gid. I tried to sum up the discussion in a separate document [2]
Conclusions at the moment are - We still need to retain both static and dynamic assignment - We do not want to maintain a central global list for static assignment scattered around in all those feeds - We need to address the potential issue of id collisions between the two allocation schemes This series contains mainly the following changes - Support multiple user:group tuples in Require-User - Ensure that build will fail if there are collisions in the packages list - Start dynamic allocation from 65536 instead of 100 Refs [1]. [LEDE-DEV] convention on uid/gid for packages, http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-dev/2017-May/007522.html [2]. UID/GID Assignment, https://docs.google.com/document/d/15kD_-9wCW5mjI8aJaCT03Uoxde3rrtCdZWcaz-5mEtA The following is a list of current assignment of username/groupname, uid/gid in base and packages feed user znc -1 package/feeds/packages/znc/Makefile user sshd 22 package/feeds/packages/openssh/Makefile user pulse 51 package/feeds/packages/pulseaudio/Makefile user tor 52 package/feeds/packages/tor/Makefile user zabbix 53 package/feeds/packages/zabbix/Makefile user prosody 54 package/feeds/packages/prosody/Makefile user dmapd 56 package/feeds/packages/dmapd/Makefile user dovecot 59 package/feeds/packages/dovecot/Makefile user ocserv 72 package/feeds/packages/ocserv/Makefile user icecast 87 package/feeds/packages/icecast/Makefile user pianod 88 package/feeds/packages/pianod/Makefile user upmpdcli 89 package/feeds/packages/upmpdcli/Makefile user _fdm 99 package/feeds/packages/fdm/Makefile user avahi 105 package/feeds/packages/avahi/Makefile user nut 113 package/feeds/packages/nut/Makefile user lldp 121 package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile user ntp 123 package/feeds/packages/ntpd/Makefile user mosquitto 200 package/feeds/packages/mosquitto/Makefile user transmission 224 package/feeds/packages/transmission/Makefile user chrony 323 package/feeds/packages/chrony/Makefile user dhcp-fwd 375 package/feeds/packages/dhcp-forwarder/Makefile user git 382 package/feeds/packages/gitolite/Makefile user dnsmasq 453 package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile user msmtp 482 package/feeds/packages/msmtp-scripts/Makefile user unbound 553 package/feeds/packages/unbound/Makefile user gnunet 958 package/feeds/packages/gnunet/Makefile user radicale 5232 package/feeds/packages/radicale/Makefile user knot 5353 package/feeds/packages/knot/Makefile user postgres 5432 package/feeds/packages/postgresql/Makefile user domoticz 6144 package/feeds/packages/domoticz/Makefile user privoxy 8118 package/feeds/packages/privoxy/Makefile user rpc 65533 package/feeds/packages/portmap/Makefile group znc -1 package/feeds/packages/znc/Makefile group sshd 22 package/feeds/packages/openssh/Makefile group pulse 51 package/feeds/packages/pulseaudio/Makefile group tor 52 package/feeds/packages/tor/Makefile group zabbix 53 package/feeds/packages/zabbix/Makefile group prosody 54 package/feeds/packages/prosody/Makefile group dmapd 56 package/feeds/packages/dmapd/Makefile group dovecot 59 package/feeds/packages/dovecot/Makefile group ocserv 72 package/feeds/packages/ocserv/Makefile group icecast 87 package/feeds/packages/icecast/Makefile group pianod 88 package/feeds/packages/pianod/Makefile group upmpdcli 89 package/feeds/packages/upmpdcli/Makefile group _fdm 99 package/feeds/packages/fdm/Makefile group avahi 105 package/feeds/packages/avahi/Makefile group nut 113 package/feeds/packages/nut/Makefile group ntp 123 package/feeds/packages/ntpd/Makefile group lldp 129 package/network/services/lldpd/Makefile group mosquitto 200 package/feeds/packages/mosquitto/Makefile group transmission 224 package/feeds/packages/transmission/Makefile group chrony 323 package/feeds/packages/chrony/Makefile group dhcp-fwd 375 package/feeds/packages/dhcp-forwarder/Makefile group git 382 package/feeds/packages/gitolite/Makefile group gnunetdns 452 package/feeds/packages/gnunet/Makefile group dnsmasq 453 package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile group msmtp 482 package/feeds/packages/msmtp-scripts/Makefile group unbound 553 package/feeds/packages/unbound/Makefile group gnunet 958 package/feeds/packages/gnunet/Makefile group radicale 5232 package/feeds/packages/radicale/Makefile group knot 5353 package/feeds/packages/knot/Makefile group postgres 5432 package/feeds/packages/postgresql/Makefile group domoticz 6144 package/feeds/packages/domoticz/Makefile group privoxy 8118 package/feeds/packages/privoxy/Makefile group rpc 65533 package/feeds/packages/portmap/Makefile Yousong Zhou (3): base-files: support multiple user:group tuples in Require-User base-files: allocate uid/gid starting from 65536 scripts/package-metadata.pl: parse and validate field Require-User include/package-ipkg.mk | 2 +- package/base-files/Makefile | 2 +- package/base-files/files/lib/functions.sh | 62 +++++++++++++------------- scripts/metadata.pm | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- scripts/package-metadata.pl | 12 ++++++ 5 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) -- 2.12.2 _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev