On 12/11/23 11:59, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 11.12.2023 20:25, David C. Rankin wrote:
I do recall openSUSE moving some UID/GID around a while back
I am not sure I understand what you mean, but SUSE did not move anything around. SUSE switched from giant /etc/passwd and /etc/group to creating system users/groups on demand. Which means that exact UID and GID for the same users will depend on the order in which they are created (which in turn depends on the order in which packages requiring these users/groups were installed).
I mean I recall packages that changed what had been the system UID/GID for the user or group the service runs under. I don't recall which packages, but I know a couple changed. It would have been something like the GID of wheel/sudo or the user/group for a server app (www:wwwrun, named, ... or the like), I just can't recall which ones it was. I do clearly remember pulling an earlier config or group map and having to change it to match the current system user/group mapping. It has been a few years, and I'm a few years older -- both work against me at this point... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.