Package: nis Version: 3.17-31 Severity: wishlist I would suggest that each NIS client(!) ignores system UIDs and GIDs defined in NIS. Advantages:
- the definition of "system UID" and "system GID" is done on the host affected by this definition - installing or removing system packages with their own system pseudo user (e.g. ntp, exim, dbus, cups, zabbix, etc.) produce the same result, regardless whether your local NIS server has some forgotten entry with the same user or group name. - these system services become independent from NIS at boot time and run time, too Usually the NIS server doesn't distribute "reserved" UIDs and GIDs, of course, but especially for historic installations this is not thoroughly defined. Good ol' SunOS reserved only UID<100 and GID<100 for the system, for example. AFAICS the suggested new feature wouldn't affect the NIS server. It could still distribute his "non-system" subset of UIDs and GIDs, whatever that means to him. But the NIS clients could be configured to ignore the burden of the past, if necessary. Just an idea, of course. Regards Harri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
