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List:       opensuse-buildservice
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-buildservice] register static UID/GID on openSUSE?
From:       Tim Serong <tserong () suse ! com>
Date:       2015-04-14 10:31:41
Message-ID: 552CEC8D.2060604 () suse ! com
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On 04/14/2015 03:04 PM, Tim Serong wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> A long time ago, there was a thread regarding UID/GID registration (see
> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2009-05/msg00221.html).
>  AFAICT the question "how can one register a static UID/GID in the 0-99
> range" wasn't answered.
> 
> Does anyone know if there are still any spare UIDs in the range 0-99?
> Someone told me there weren't but I thought I'd better raise this here,
> just in case there are.  And if there are any available, how do I
> reserve one?
> 
> Context: the ceph project wants to reserve a UID/GID - being a
> distributed storage cluster, it's best if the UID/GIDs remain static
> across the whole cluster, and the most straightforward way to do this is
> to hardcode a UID/GID in a useradd/groupadd invocation in the rpm %pre
> script.
> 
> (Pardon the cross-post, I picked what I hope are the two most suitable
> lists - happy to drop one or the other, or ask elsewhere as appropriate)

I've just been advised that opensuse-factory might be a better list than
opensuse-project for the above question.

Regards,

Tim
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Tim Serong
Senior Clustering Engineer
SUSE
tserong@suse.com
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