On Mon, March 28, 2011 11:10, Martin Kosek wrote: > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 20:13 +0100, Sigbjorn Lie wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> Using --gidnumber when adding a new user with "ipa user-add" does not >> seem to have any effect. A gid number with the same value as what I specify >> in with the --uid >> parameter is chosen. >> >> I presume this is not the way user-add is intended to work? >> >> >> >> # ipa user-add mysql14 --first=MySQL --last=Server >> --homedir=/var/lib/mysql --shell=/bin/false --uid=110 --gidnumber=3004 >> -------------------- >> Added user "mysql14" >> -------------------- >> User login: mysql14 >> First name: MySQL >> Last name: Server >> Full name: MySQL Server >> Display name: MySQL Server >> Initials: MS >> Home directory: /var/lib/mysql >> GECOS field: mysql14 >> Login shell: /bin/false >> Kerberos principal: [email protected] >> UID: 110 >> GID: 110 >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Siggi >> >> > > Hello Sigbjorn, > > > it is not common to manually specify GID. Can you please tell me what's your > use case for doing > that? Maybe I can help with a proper way to do that. > > In your case, GID was set to UID because it's the GID of User Private > Group "mysql14" which was automatically associated with the user > "mysql14". > > > Martin >
Hi Martin, I discovered this when I was writing scripts to migrate from existing a existing NIS/local files environemnt. I agree that this would not be used normally, but when you're migrating from an existing environment it's a requirement. :) Rgds, Siggi _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
