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Who maintains the list of assigned UIDs?
Who maintains the list of assigned UIDs?
When a new system user is required for a package, who is the authority for assigning it? I am assuming there must be some list maintained somewhere to avoid UID conflicts. Is that list published somewhere?
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Re: Who maintains the list of assigned UIDs?
It seems you posted the same question here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=142378VA1DER wrote:When a new system user is required for a package, who is the authority for assigning it? I am assuming there must be some list maintained somewhere to avoid UID conflicts. Is that list published somewhere?
GarryRicketson gave you good advice and I would suggest following the links he gave. To his excellent advice, let me underscore the something he wrote
Yes, root is always 0 and most of the users from the initial install end-up the same, but you are the authority. Let me give you a concrete example: on one of my systems gdm has UID 117 and on another system sddm has uid 117 (both are fresh installs of Debian Buster from the same alpha media).There is no real technical difference between the system and regular (normal) users. Typically system users are created when installing the OS and new packages.