[arch-general] list of user/group ids supplied by official packages

[member graysky]

Thanks for that link and for the info on dynamic UID's.

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Troy Engel <troyengel+arch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:UID_/_GID_Database
>
> ...and the first one I came across wasn't listed (git), I looked at
> it's .INSTALL file and see it's dynamic:
>
> ====
> post_install() {
>   if ! getent group git >/dev/null; then
>     groupadd --system git
>   fi
>   if ! getent passwd git >/dev/null; then
>     useradd --system -c 'git daemon user' -g git -d / -s /bin/bash git
>   fi
> }
> ====
>
> So there are core/extra/community packages using the system dynamic
> method which is probably what you should do as well, since everyone's
> 'git' UID/GID are most likely different. :( Makes it hard if you need
> to align across a cluster/shared filesystem, though.
>
> -te