[Adduser-devel] Bug#640651: please set default FIRST_SYSTEM_UID=1 and FIRST_SYSTEM_GID=1

[Harald Dunkel]

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Package: adduser
Version: 3.113
Severity: wishlist

Please set the defaults

	FIRST_SYSTEM_UID=1
	FIRST_SYSTEM_GID=1

in /etc/adduser.conf to avoid conflicts in existing environments
when running debian-installer.

Using debian installer the current defaults for FIRST_SYSTEM_UID
and FIRST_SYSTEM_GID produce conflicts with existing "real"
accounts managed in a historically grown NIS environment. The
first system UIDs and GIDs >100 are allocated before you have a
chance to edit /etc/adduser.conf or to start NIS, while most
UIDs<100 and GIDs<100 would be free to use.

In historically grown environments network wide accounts with
UIDs and GIDs <1000 are not uncommon. Good old SunOS 4.x reserved
just UIDs and GIDs <100 for system usage, for example.


Regards

Harri
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