Am 23.04.2013 13:33, schrieb Kay Sievers: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net> > wrote: >> >> Am 22.04.2013 23:53, schrieb Josh Triplett: >>> 1) Leave only root in /etc/passwd and /etc/group >> >> why? >> >>> 2) Add passwd.d and group.d directories in /etc and under /usr, which >>> accept one record per file (with name given by the filename) and >>> which do not include UIDs or GIDs >> >> to break any compatibility? >> >>> 4) When the .d file goes away, and nothing uses the UID or GID anymore, >>> throw it at the back of the list of IDs to reuse >> >> oh yeah - break any known user management >> >> hence there are networks where admins since forever >> take care that user-id's uniqe all over the machine >> and you propose reuse? >> >> well, you have a solution in search of a problem > > More of this type of comments and you will have a problem posting on > this list. If you are unable to moderate your style yourself, I will > do that for you, no problem
sorry but you are hyper-sensible there was no single "bad word" and "Leave only root in /etc/passwd and /etc/group" is a proposal which can not be a design target because it is from the sort of "i propose to throw anything away how user-management works and any downstream distribution should change later with breaking any compatibility"
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