User IDs changing

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:20:20 +0000, piltdown Either someone has r00ted the system, or you are creating users with the same names as system users (that should cause an error message). The problem could occur only on some machines if those machines have different software installed.

root:x:0:0:root:-root:-bin-bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:-usr-sbin:-bin-sh bin:x:2:2:bin:-bin:-bin-sh sys:x:3:3:sys:-dev:-bin-sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:-bin:-bin-sync games:x:5:60:games:-usr-games:-bin-sh man:x:6:12:man:-var-cache-man:-bin-sh lp:x:7:7:lp:-var-spool-lpd:-bin-sh mail:x:8:8:mail:-var-mail:-bin-sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:-var-spool-uucp:-bin-sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:-bin:-bin-sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:-var-www:-bin-sh backup:x:34:34:backup:-var-backups:-bin-sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:-var-list:-bin-sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:-var-run-ircd:-bin-sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):-var-lib-gnats:-bin-sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:-nonexistent:-bin-sh messagebus:x:100:104::-var-run-dbus:-bin-false postfix:x:101:105::-var-spool-postfix:-bin-false fetchmail:x:102:65534::-var-run-fetchmail:-bin-sh hal:x:109:109:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:-var-run-hal:-bin-false cupsys:x:103:107::-:-bin-false gdm:x:104:111:Gnome Display Manager:-var-lib-gdm:-bin-false sshd:x:105:65534::-var-run-sshd:-bin-false logcheck:x:112:112::-var-lib-logcheck:-bin-false saned:x:114:114::-home-saned:-bin-false klog:x:115:115::-home-klog:-bin-false syslog:x:116:116::-home-syslog:-bin-false dhcpd:x:118:118::-nonexistent:-bin-false dhcp:x:119:119::-nonexistent:-bin-false clamsmtp:x:120:120::-var-spool-clamsmtp:-bin-false pdnsd:x:106:13:pdnsd,,,:-var-cache-pdnsd:-bin-false

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