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

[Reindl Harald]

Am 23.04.2013 13:33, schrieb Kay Sievers:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>>
>> Am 22.04.2013 23:53, schrieb Josh Triplett:
>>> 1) Leave only root in /etc/passwd and /etc/group
>>
>> why?
>>
>>> 2) Add passwd.d and group.d directories in /etc and under /usr, which
>>>    accept one record per file (with name given by the filename) and
>>>    which do not include UIDs or GIDs
>>
>> to break any compatibility?
>>
>>> 4) When the .d file goes away, and nothing uses the UID or GID anymore,
>>>    throw it at the back of the list of IDs to reuse
>>
>> oh yeah - break any known user management
>>
>> hence there are networks where admins since forever
>> take care that user-id's uniqe all over the machine
>> and you propose reuse?
>>
>> well, you have a solution in search of a problem
> 
> More of this type of comments and you will have a problem posting on
> this list. If you are unable to moderate your style yourself, I will
> do that for you, no problem

sorry but you are hyper-sensible

there was no single "bad word" and "Leave only root in /etc/passwd and /etc/group"
is a proposal which can not be a design target because it is from the sort of
"i propose to throw anything away how user-management works and any downstream
distribution should change later with breaking any compatibility"

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