[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#690963: Bug#690963: passwd: allocates UIDs for system users top-down, in conflict with adduser's bottom-up policy

[Christian PERRIER]

Quoting Max Bowsher (_ at maxb.eu):
> Package: passwd
> Version: 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1
> Severity: normal
> 
> The 'useradd -r' command (-r meaning 'system user') allocates UID values
> top-down within the range reserved in login.defs.  In contrast, adduser
> allocates UID values bottom-up.
> 
> Whilst most user creation on a Debian system happens by way of adduser,
> tools which aim to have cross-distribution compatibility (e.g. Puppet)
> will use useradd. It would be useful if useradd would observe similar
> allocation policies to adduser, so that users do not end up placed at
> opposite ends of the allocated range depending on the method of
> creation.
> 
> For that reason I would suggest that useradd should be patched to match
> the allocation policy of adduser in this respect.


I'm not sure this is a good idea to have sueradd in Debian deviate
from the behaviour it has in other distros that use shadow.

In short, any Debian-specific change should not be included in
Deibna's shadow package. This is indeed the raison d'être of
adduser...:-)


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