[Linux-users] various group/netgroup/gid/NIS issues on the new linux machines

[Kevin Falcone]

>>>>> "JH" == Jon Hart <jhart at ccs.neu.edu> writes:

JH> I something similar was mentioned at least once before, but apparently
JH> this probably has popped up again.  There are a number of groups on the
JH> debian boxes that have conflicting gids with other groups in CCS' NIS
JH> domain.  When I say "other groups", I mean both UNIX groups and
JH> netgroups. 

In the past, we renumbered the slackware machines to use almost all
the same UIDs and GIDs as the solaris machines.  It bit us badly
because postfix had the wrong GID and refused to start properly for a
while.

-kevin