master.passwd UID/GID number

[Alan Amesbury]

On Jan 6, 2016, at 23:11 , Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:

> this was accidentally sent to a private list.  Forwarding to the correct list.
> 
> On 6 January 2016 at 19:48, Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I need to add a new special user on master.passwd for ypldap.
>> I'm wondering what are the rules to choose the number for UID/GID if there
>> is any.
> 
> Pick an arbitrary but low number.  Anything below 1000 is typically
> okay - look to see what other users use.

Have a look at ${PORTS}/UIDs and ${PORTS}/GIDs or

	http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/UIDs?view=co
	http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/GIDs?view=co


to get an idea of what's in use by other software.


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Alan Amesbury
University Information Security
http://umn.edu/lookup/amesbury