[1742] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: adduser/cleanusers scripts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Tue Jul 29 12:00:34 1997
To: Edwin Foo <efoo@hesed.mit.edu>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, fubob@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 29 Jul 1997 11:59:58 -0400
In-Reply-To: Edwin Foo's message of "Tue, 29 Jul 1997 11:13:27 -0400"
Edwin Foo <efoo@hesed.mit.edu> writes:
> >The only obvious problems I saw are
> >(1) it turns out moira may eventually use uids > 32000; only uids <
> >100 are truly "safe"
>
> Oh? okay. I based 32000 on remarks made on linux-help near the end of the
> school year (discuss transaction 4441). I guess that if only < 100 is safe
> though, you're limited to a rather small number of local users, right?
Moira currently only uses uids between 100 and 32000, but reliable
sources tell me uids above 32000 may be taken in the future. Athena
is not designed with local users in mind.
--
Aaron M. Ucko <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu) [Stark raving sane]
