I've just installed OpenSolaris to try it out for a bit, and I'm a bit puzzeled
about the range of the numerical UIDs for newly created users.
The user I created during installation was as I expected, with an UID of around
(don't remember) 100 or 1000, and belonged to the group 'staff'. However the
users I created manually afterwards, ended-up belonging to the 'others' group,
an with UIDs in the 65000-range ("negative" UIDs?) -- which to me suggests
unpriveliged or guests accounts (e.g. 'nobody').
Is this right and normal? Should really "normal" (non-admin) users belong to
the 'others' group (is 'staff' for computer admin staff, or for "company
staff"), and should they *really* have UIDs from the Twilightzone? If not,
what is the correct procedure for adding users? Must I check certain
roles/profiles, or must I manually place them in a group and pick a UID?
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