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It's saying if you set a programmatic minimum, (in adduser.conf), that you'll get errors whenever you try an upgrade in Debian or Ubuntu, so setting a programma

by tyingq 5y ago

It's saying if you set a programmatic minimum, (in adduser.conf), that you'll get errors whenever you try an upgrade in Debian or Ubuntu, so setting a programmatic minimum isn't practically possible. So FIRST_SYSTEM_UID and LAST_SYSTEM_UID aren't usable parameters.

Sebb767 5y ago
I think the question is whether this is a problem in practice. Why would you want to raise FIRST_SYSTEM_UID?
- nieve 5y ago
  From the article "so that you can (for example) alter them to avoid a range of low UIDs or GIDs that your environment has for historical reasons".
  - Sebb767 5y ago
    Ah, I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out!