Re: Re: Numerical owners

On 03/26/06 22:22, Denis Corbin wrote:

>
> Well, the argumentation you present here is just what I was missing
> for. Intuitively, I was against doing UID/GID mapping to names (I had
> to reject twice this type of feature request ; my argumentation was a
> little weak for what I remember).
>
> But now this definitively makes sense to not do UID or GID mapping to
> names. The most caracteristic situtation is when the /etc/password
> file is part of the backup itslef, and the restoration is done in the
> live system : two files of same owner could be restored as owner by
> different users/group if the /etc/password file is restored between
> them...

I think restoring from a LiveCD is more common than restoring in a live
system itself, but you're argument is also valid. I'm just glad we're in
agreement anyway :)

>
> Thanks you for your feedback,

Just helping improving/maintaining a critical piece of software on my
system.

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