[MacPorts] #30168: adduser results in macports users appearing as interactive users

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#30168: adduser results in macports users appearing as interactive users
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  Reporter:  michal.vanco@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  defect                  |      Status:  reopened                             
  Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:  MacPorts 2.0.1                       
 Component:  base                    |     Version:  1.9.99                               
Resolution:                          |    Keywords:  adduser lion                         
      Port:                          |  
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Changes (by rich@…):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:22 dluke@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:21 blargh.macfag@…]:
 > > reserved for what? how does that stop anyone from using these UIDs?
 >
 > Reserved by Apple, for Apple's use.
 >
 > If we use them, we run the risk of having problems later (when Apple
 decides to use the one we were using), so it's not something that we're
 going to do.

 I'd be interested to see where Apple have stated that UIDs < 500 are
 reserved by Apple - I've had a good search through Apple documentation and
 can't seem to find anything stating this, would it maybe be an option to
 get feedback from Apple on this?

 I've reopened this bug because I noticed that Workgroup Manager (bundled
 with Apple's Server Tools) for one seems to consider UIDs and GIDs > 500
 as local users/groups and displays them as such within the "Accounts"
 section of the application.

 I realise that this is far less of an issue than the previously reported
 bug, but nevertheless this is something that is worth looking into?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30168#comment:28>
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