2008/507 [ OpenLDAP for OpenSolaris]

[Nicolas Williams]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 03:16:39PM -0700, Glenn Skinner wrote:
>          Database               Entry
>          --------               -----
>          /etc/passwd            openldap:x:75:75:OpenLDAP User:/:
>          /etc/shadow            openldap:*LK*:::::::
>          /etc/group		openldap::75:
> 
> Is it really necessary to allocate another user:group pair from our
> dwindling stock of reserved values?  Would it be possible to share one
> of the already allocated entries from the reserved part of the name
> space?

My impression (please correct me if I'm wrong) is that with IPS the UIDs
and GIDs can be allocated dynamically and that most pkgs that install
local users/groups will often not be installed by the user anyways.

Of course, this may well collide with existing openldap user/group in
customer environments...  I.e., we have a namespace problem no matter
what, and probably the best way to deal with this is by not installing
everything, just what the user needs.

Nico
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