Currently, a UID/GID registry is not part of LANANA's charter, AFAIK.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >
> > > As a thought, someone might want to create a "Linux Reserved
> > > Number Registry" so that vendors can reserve UID/GID values and
> > > have some assurance that similarly concerned vendors won't expect
> > > that a specific UID/GID value will be available.
> >
> > That would be at www.lanana.org (H. Peter Anvin).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Is there a tools which would allow Linux systems to query
> that registry for pre-allocated UID/GID values and either
> use them or avoid them, as appopriate?
>
> -- Julie.
