Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 20:07:12 -0400 From: Yarema <yds@dppl.com> To: Ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned Message-ID: <20011018000714.298121B3B6@volyn.dppl.net>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> writes:
>> I'd say put it in src/etc/{master.passwd,group}, with UID and GID 80.
>
> ...though of course you'll still need to add it on systems that don't
> already have it. And you should take care to check that the UID and
> GID aren't already in use before adding them.
>
> DES
Yes.. all of the above and I definitely vote for the UID:GID to be 80. Just
like user bind is UID:GID 53. I think it's a good convention to follow.
According to section 15.15 of the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/x1960.html
UID:GID 80 is free and available. The above section of the handbook should
probably be updated if UID:GID 80 is indeed selected for user www.
BTW, did anyone notice that user bind with UID:GID of 53 is in consistent
with the instructions in section 15.15 of the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook? I
think 53 is a good choice for user bind however the handbook should be
updated to reflect that UID:GID 53 is not available for use by ports.
Just my $.02
--
Yarema
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