Public bug reported: Back in trusty I wrote a patch to shadow which makes sure we only ever allocate a 65k uid/gid map to new users that aren't a system user (no --system flag and not a system uid/gid).
This has regressed recently in Xenial and on a fresh install I found myself with about 15 system users each having 65536 uids and gids allocated to them. That's wasteful and may end up creating accidental collisions when using network authentication. I have now upstreamed the change we used to have as a distro patch: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/12 ** Affects: shadow (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Tags: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1545884 Title: Xenial's shadow regresses subid allocation logic (wastes uids and gids) Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Back in trusty I wrote a patch to shadow which makes sure we only ever allocate a 65k uid/gid map to new users that aren't a system user (no --system flag and not a system uid/gid). This has regressed recently in Xenial and on a fresh install I found myself with about 15 system users each having 65536 uids and gids allocated to them. That's wasteful and may end up creating accidental collisions when using network authentication. I have now upstreamed the change we used to have as a distro patch: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/12 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1545884/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
