[OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] User/group accounts for packaged daemons

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] User/group...:

> It would indeed be useful if there was a UID/GID registery for add-on
> software and managed by the Illumos project (even if just in a Git
> repository).  These should try not to conflict with what Oracle Solaris
> 10/11 and stable OpenIndiana are already using for similar packages.
> Guidance should be taken from SFE, which has already needed to deal with
> conflicts.

+1 to this.

I would also suggest that when there isn't already prior Solaris-derived
uid/guid names & numbers, we should default to choosing the same uid/guid
that's used for the package on Linux.  Of course, the Linux distros don't
always agree, but often they will.

Tim
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