On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:17:51AM -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > > I'm in the process of remaping UIDs/GIDs from our old Solaris-based > system (where [UG]IDs started at 100) to Linux (where [UG]IDs start at > 1000), and a thought occurred to me. I have to add each user to the > cdrom, video, audio, etc. group in order for them to be able to be able > to use these devices. But these groups all have GIDs below 1000. I > really don't want to have to go to each machine and physically edit the > /etc/group file every time I add/remove an account, so it seems to me > that the thing to do is to modify NIS so that it exports device GIDs > (100 and up) -- but will that screw things up or open me up to a > security risk? I don't see how that would, but you never know. So > before I go and muck about with the system, I thought I would ask: What > the Debian way of doing this?
You should probably read the debian policy manual. You may end up with a conflict if you assign a regular user to a UID below 1000. It may be better to write a short script that reads the solaris password database (or a file you create from it) and passes that information to useradd to create the new users. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
