[systemd-devel] Github systemd issue 6237

[Michael Chapman]

On Sat, 8 Jul 2017, Kai Krakow wrote:
> Am Sat, 8 Jul 2017 08:05:44 +0200
> schrieb Kai Krakow <hurikhan77 at gmail.com>:
>
>> Am Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:39:02 +1000 (AEST)
>> schrieb Michael Chapman <mike at very.puzzling.org>:
>>
>>> On Sat, 8 Jul 2017, Kai Krakow wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> The bug here is that a leading number will "convert" to the number
>>>> and it actually runs with the UID specified that way: 0day = 0,
>>>> 7days = 7.
>>>
>>> No, this is not the case. Only all-digit User= values are treated
>>> as
>>
>> Then behavior is "correct".
>
> Or in other words: The original bug description is wrong. The bug isn't
> with non-existent users. That works fine.

That is correct.

There's a lot of misinformation floating around with this issue -- there's 
a tendency amongst some parts of the Linux community to jump on the 
systemd-bashing bandwagon without fully understanding the problems. The 
best thing we can do to counter this is to ascertain the facts, decide 
what if anything needs to be fixed, and discuss the best way to move 
forward with that.