Hello, I would put Ludwig Nussel's points from -packaging up for discussion. On Thursday 15 Dec 2011 08:30:56 Ludwig Nussel wrote:
There's a request to add a system user 'tor': https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/96531
There is no name space separation between system users and actual logins. So especially for short names like the above there is a chance that it could collide with an already existing user name on some system. Having a system service running with the uid of an actual user isn't desirable. So what about mandating an extra prefix or suffix to (new) system user names like 'daemon' or 'service'? Ie in the above example the user name would be 'tor-daemon' or 'tor-service' instead of 'tor'. Other thoughts?
The request mentioned above has been merged manually to devel:openSUSE:Factrory:rpmlint / rpmlint by dirkmueller and the change is now pending to be added to openSUSE:Factory - #97074 The packages indirectly involved are network / tor and openSUSE:Factory / tor. Debian uses "debian-tor". The upstream sources specify: "_tor" in a sample spec file, other online examples use tor_d / daemon for the uid/gid. I agree in general that there is potential for conflicts. This, however, is not a new problem with "tor", but also with "amanda" and "jonas" which were already registered and are obviously far more popular. These are legacy and Ludwig proposed guidelines for new packages only. I don't see an immediate packaging issue, but as this is a new package to factory I am willing to update if there is consensus in -factory as to rules for the naming of daemon users for new packages, or at least regarding this particular package. With kind regards, Andreas Stieger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org