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Re: [Bacula-users] Fedora 16 - RHEL 5/6 Bacula RPM repository

2011-12-20 14:56:22
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Fedora 16 - RHEL 5/6 Bacula RPM repository
From: Martin Simmons <martin AT lispworks DOT com>
To: Simone Caronni <negativo17 AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:53:39 GMT
I'm probably confused, but why is the rpm adding user/group 33, rather than
133?

__Martin



>>>>> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:56:15 +0100, Simone Caronni said:
> 
> Sorry, those are the basis for fedora-usermgmt generation, the static
> uids associated with services can be found inside the "setup" package
> on any system.
> 
> i.e. on my Fedora system:
> 
> [slaanesh@3zpc0560 ~]$ rpm -qd setup
> /usr/share/doc/setup-2.8.36/COPYING
> /usr/share/doc/setup-2.8.36/uidgid
> [slaanesh@3zpc0560 ~]$ cat /usr/share/doc/setup-2.8.36/uidgid | grep bacula
> bacula        133     133     /var/spool/bacula               /sbin/nologin   
> bacula
> 
> Regards,
> --Simone
> 
> 
> On 19 December 2011 09:29, Simone Caronni <negativo17 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > what do you mean "it is a pratical joke or a time bomb"?
> >
> > In the links I've pasted there's also the Fedora "user registry" for
> > uids/gids, it is at:
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageUserRegistry
> >
> > Remember this is a Fedora package and not a package for everyone, so
> > it follows those guidelines.
> > I will come back here in the next days if I'm allowed to remove the
> > fedora-usermgmt requirements in the package.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --Simone
> >
> >
> > On 17 December 2011 16:10, Geert Stappers <Geert.Stappers AT vanadgroup DOT 
> > com> wrote:
> >> Op 20111215 om 16:40 schreef Joseph L. Casale:
> >>> >It is not a requirement but a recommendation inside the Fedora
> >>> >packaging guidelines:
> >>>
> >>> Right:) Not EL requirements.
> >>>
> >>> >I could try to remove that and put standard useradd / userdel
> >>> >commands, but I need to assess the change with the other Bacula
> >>> >mantainers and good reasons to do so.
> >>> >Is there any particular requirement on why you would like to avoid
> >>> >using fedora-usermgmt?
> >>>
> >>> Mainly for the reason that as an EL shop, its a tough sale to 'suggest'
> >>> as we haven't ever used those packages, now we should. I'd be pretty
> >>> surprised if any el shop uses any fedora packages even if it is only
> >>> wrappers like these.
> >>
> >> We are talking about
> >> } } /usr/sbin/fedora-groupadd 33 -r bacula &>/dev/null || :
> >> } } /usr/sbin/fedora-useradd  33 -r -s /sbin/nologin -d /var/spool/bacula 
> >> -M \
> >> } }         -c 'Bacula Backup System' -g bacula bacula &>/dev/null || :
> >> } }
> >> } } It is used to create predictable user / group assignment + some other
> >> } } features like logging, etc.
> >>
> >> I'm sure of it is a pratical joke or a time bomb.
> >> The information I miss, is where id 33 is reserved / claimed / registered.
> >>
> >> Any package could do
> >>  /usr/sbin/fedora-groupadd 33 -r anotherpackagename &>/dev/null || :
> >>
> >>
> >> So at which central place are user id and group ids
> >> for packages documented?
> >>
> >>
> >> Groeten
> >> Geert Stappers
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