Sujet : Re: privileged user in RedHat
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 01. Sep 2024, 09:29:03
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:17:50 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
On 8/28/24 01:21, Marco Moock wrote:
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I am aware that it is common that normal (real people) users start with
1000 ongoing, server process users are below. Is there a difference on
the IDs or is that just tradition?
I've seen 100, 250, 500, and 1000. The exact number is a convention and
more or less common depending on the time and the family of the distro
in question.
I can remember 10-20 years ago it was 500, these days it is typically
1000. That’s just a reflection of the greater variety of packages that
implement services that should be fenced off behind their own user ID,
that users might want to install. I think it’s configurable.