2008/507 [ OpenLDAP for OpenSolaris]

[Glenn Skinner]

    Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:52:07 -0500
    From: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams at sun.com>
    Subject: Re: 2008/507 [ OpenLDAP for OpenSolaris]

    On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 05:22:19PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
    > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 03:16:39PM -0700, Glenn Skinner wrote:

    > > 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.

    I've confirmed this with Dave Miner.

Are you proposing a dependency of this case on the IPS case?

		-- Glenn