>>> Nikhil Kshirsagar <[email protected]> schrieb am 07.04.2022 um 13:07 in Nachricht <cac6jxv3ta57s3acjje-w+uxgw8nohp3g52j4oj02u0mqsfo...@mail.gmail.com>: > Hello, > > I gather from the discussion on > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15141 that all numeric usernames > would no longer be supported on servers running systemd version 245 onward. > This was also reiterated by Frantisek and Lennart (thank you for your email > responses and for redirecting me to this mailing list.)
AFAIK there never were numeric user names in UNIX: If a user specification ws numeric, it was the UID of a user, not the name. (VAX had different concepts however) I mean: If you wanted to shoot yourself in the foot you would use numeric user names like this: (pwasswd) 123:333:... 333:123:... chown 333 file... > > While I completely understand the motivation to do this, my concern is that > this change will break logins for users on a lot of servers that upgrade to > the new systemd. Can you give examples of numeric user names being used? > > Is there any chance systemd could support a configuration option in the > future to get the earlier "all numeric" user logins to work? With an > understanding that it would be at the users own risk? > > Are there any pam_systemd configuration options under consideration that > might help anyone looking for such functionality? Or is the only option > "not to upgrade" for someone interested in preserving their all numeric > usernames? > > Regards, > Nikhil.
