[systemd-devel] [PATCH] TODO: passwd.d, group.d

[Tomasz Torcz]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 02:53:50PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > >> > +* Support passwd.d and group.d; accumulate a persistent name/number map, to
> > >> > +  preserve UID/GID assignments without requiring assignment of unique IDs at
> > >> > +  adduser time.
> > >>
> > >> Hmm, how is that related to systemd code? Sounds more like a glibc
> > >> shipped feature/plugin?
> > >
> > > It would involve a PAM plugin as well, yes, but also a system daemon
> > > watching those directories for changes and allocating new systemwide
> > > UIDs and GIDs, and I also suspect several bits of systemd functionality
> > > would want to integrate with it, notably logind and container bits.

  Don't you want tcb, then? http://docs.altlinux.org/manpages/tcb.5.html


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