On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Do we allocate a range very high in 32bit uid space as well ? Discuss 8) > > > > Debian has reserved the range 60000-64999 for packages that need static > > uids. (ie weird things like qmail which insist on setting a uid at > > compile-time). It's not used a lot though (qmail, fidogate, mysql and > > netplan only). > > That seems a good approach. Push them high out of the way.
This is a good idea, though I'd rather see us using stuff in > 16 bit space to keep it away from any existing sites. Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "Who is John Galt?" - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand | | | | Linux Application Development -- http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/lad |
