Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:06:04 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson <jdn@qiv.com> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: Studded <Studded@dal.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Setting default starting uid in adduser.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971211190351.1333A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212080601.4294A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Wouldn't it be simpler to change the variable "uid_start" in /etc/adduser.conf? -- Jay On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Dean Hollister wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Studded wrote: > > > I personally hacked the script. /usr/sbin/adduser is just a perl > > script, open it up in your favorite editor and change the line that > > says, $uid_start = 1000 # new users get this uid > > This works once, then it resets back to 1000. Its damn annoying, how do > you set it to a userid you want, and make it increment from that uid? > > Regards, > > d. > > +-------------------------------------------------------+ > | Dean Hollister, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au | > | Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au | > +-------------------------------------------------------+ >
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