Bug#685734: dpkg should manage system users and groups

2016-05-03 Thread anarcat
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 07:23:57AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > It would be very nice if dpkg could manage system users and groups > created for each package. > > At the moment I've got GID 105 for dbus on host A, while 105 is > used for saned on host B (just as an example). This is a severe >

Bug#685734: dpkg should manage system users and groups

2012-08-25 Thread Guillem Jover
Control: reopen -1 On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 21:19:10 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 07:23:57 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.8 Severity: wishlist It would be very nice if dpkg could manage system users and groups created for each package.

Bug#685734: dpkg should manage system users and groups

2012-08-24 Thread Gergely Nagy
Harald Dunkel ha...@afaics.de writes: I would like to tell dpkg to use GID 105 for the dbus package on all systems. If there is a conflict with an existing entry in /etc/passwd or /etc/group, then it should refuse to install. You can pre-create the dbus group with GID 105 on all machines, so

Bug#685734: dpkg should manage system users and groups

2012-08-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.8 Severity: wishlist It would be very nice if dpkg could manage system users and groups created for each package. At the moment I've got GID 105 for dbus on host A, while 105 is used for saned on host B (just as an