On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 11:26:31AM -0600, Mate Wierdl wrote:
> Mate Wierdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >But then there is no way to install the binary---unless the installer starts
> >moving uids around.
>
> Right. Like when there's not enough disk space, there is no way to
> install the binary---unless the installer starts freeing up space.
>
> Well, but you want to maximize the likelihood of success. Not enough
> (< 2M) diskspace is less likely than no appropriate UIDs. For
> example, in our small but busy Linux lab, all UIDs between 500 and
> 6500 are taken by student accounts. So John's binary would not
> install. (Qmail's UIDs are towards the end of the range!)
So what if I include 30 different UID/GID combinations?
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