Jim Gifford wrote: > Here's what's bugging me about this whole hardcoding of UIDS. > > Here is the page from the BLFS book > Name U G > exim 31 31 > postfix 32 32 > postdrop 33 > sendmail 34 > mail 34 > > I think we all agree these are mail servers. So why can'ts exim, > postfix, and sendmail user UID 31. Why do they have to have separate > UID's. Why not just say mailservers are UID of 31 and GID of 31.
I thought about that. The problem with a group of users with the same uid/gid is that a user testing different mail servers has to change the uid/gid every time he changes which program he is using/testing. That, IMO, should be avoided. I also chose to keep all the mail related numbers close together and when possible set gid=uid for a given package. What is the big deal? Why do you need the specific uids/gids 32, 33, and 34? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
