-> On 01-Sep-2000 Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar wrote: -> > Hello, -> > -> > I was searching for UID of irc user (some time ago I've seen such user -> > exists); now I can't find it. adding of irc package runs adduser -> > --system which is nice but I don't prefer that method (some UIDs were -> > already allocated for some users sometie ago, why not to use them?). -> > -> > dpkg -S /etc/passwd tells /etc/passwd belongs to no package (very nice...) -> > -> > Now, please don't advise just get one free number; if you can respond -> > - why doesn't /etc/passwd belong to any package ? -> -> it is generated, not provided. the package in question is a mix of -> base-files and base-passwd.
hmm will it be fixed or isn't it treated as a bug ? -> > - why was user 'irc' removed ? -> > - is it safe to create user with uid 39 that was used for irc some time ago? -> -> in general it is a bad idea to add system level users, Debian may need -> uid 39 to be something else. iirc, in older debian versions there was user irc with UID 39, do you whink that UID can be re-used later ? -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NEXTRA, Slovakia; IRCNET admin of *.sk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ ; http://www.nextra.sk/ My mind is like a steel trap - rusty and illegal in 37 states.
