> > Can you be more specific about where you see the "hard" part of this > > migration? I admit to being less than aware of all the details involved, > > and only have a vague idea of the ramifications. > > Having to do a find and chown() across the entire system would take a > noticeable amount of time, and I don't want to start doing that unless > there is a real benefit to doing so. I'd love to know how debian has handled > uid changes in the past.
What about binaries that have uid/gid info hard coded? qmail used to do this, at least (and may still, I have no idea). Even if it doesn't, do we need to state that LSB compliant apps *can't* hard code uids? --Donnie -- Donnie Barnes http://www.donniebarnes.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Bah." Challenge Diversity. Ignore People. Live Life. Use Linux. 879. V. Bats, when dipped in batter and deep fried, still taste pretty bad.
