UID/GID Assignment - Revision history

J3parker: /* Global system UID/GID's */

2012-01-30T16:43:35Z

Global system UID/GID's

2010-03-23T00:14:53Z

add to Systems category

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:14, 22 March 2010
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	* Some groups (e.g. audio) are needed during boot, but also need to have members. We keep them in both files and ldap. Only the copy in LDAP will have any members.		* Some groups (e.g. audio) are needed during boot, but also need to have members. We keep them in both files and ldap. Only the copy in LDAP will have any members.
	* A user and group should have the same ID if and only if they have the same name. So when creating a new user, don't pick the ID of an existing group, and vice versa.		* A user and group should have the same ID if and only if they have the same name. So when creating a new user, don't pick the ID of an existing group, and vice versa.

			[[Category:Systems]]

2010-01-21T05:04:08Z

MediaWiki now runs under www-wiki (uid 302)

2010-01-21T03:41:53Z

added www-webmail

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:41, 20 January 2010
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	clubs - other organizations		clubs - other organizations

	= ~~Puppet-managed~~ UID/GID's =		= Global system UID/GID's =

	501 nvram		501 nvram
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	511 pulse		511 pulse
	512 libuuid		512 libuuid

			= Website UID/GID's =

			These are used by [[Suexec]] to isolate certain websites in separate user accounts.

			301 www-webmail

	= Special UID/GID's =		= Special UID/GID's =

2009-04-23T17:15:10Z

Special UID/GID's

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:15, 23 April 2009
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	10008 restrict # contains users allowed to ssh to restricted machines		10008 restrict # contains users allowed to ssh to restricted machines
	10009 contest # contest admin/management		10009 contest # contest admin/management
			10010 git
			10011 svn
			10012 music
			10013 pulseaudio
			10014 mirror

	= Observations =		= Observations =

2008-03-29T00:44:14Z

2008-03-28T22:23:55Z

2008-01-27T21:53:43Z

Special UID/GID's

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:53, 27 January 2008
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	10007 cvsadmin		10007 cvsadmin
	10008 restrict # contains users allowed to ssh to restricted machines		10008 restrict # contains users allowed to ssh to restricted machines
			10009 contest # contest admin/management

	= Observations =		= Observations =

2007-11-28T07:04:11Z

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 = UID/GID Ranges =
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              members - members of the CSC
              clubs   - other organizations
 = Observations =

2007-11-08T23:26:28Z

Observations

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:26, 8 November 2007
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	* We don't have any local user accounts in general, save perhaps one created by the installer.		* We don't have any local user accounts in general, save perhaps one created by the installer.
	* Only root, local users, and members should have passwords. All other users should not be allowed to log in directly.		* Only root, local users, and members should have passwords. All other users should not be allowed to log in directly.
	* Some ~~users/~~groups (e.g. audio) are needed during boot, but also need to have members. We keep them in both files and ldap. Only the copy in LDAP will have any members.		* Some groups (e.g. audio) are needed during boot, but also need to have members. We keep them in both files and ldap. Only the copy in LDAP will have any members.
	* A user and group should have the same ID if and only if they have the same name. So when creating a new user, don't pick the ID of an existing group, and vice versa.		* A user and group should have the same ID if and only if they have the same name. So when creating a new user, don't pick the ID of an existing group, and vice versa.