Monday, January 30, 2023

Re: lang/erlang - provide epmd.rc

On 1/30/23 20:47, A Tammy wrote:

>>>> --- pkg/PLIST-main    16 Jan 2023 18:27:30 -0000    1.4
>>>> +++ pkg/PLIST-main    29 Jan 2023 14:49:46 -0000
>>>> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
>>>> +@newgroup _erlang:888
>>>> +@newuser _erlang:888:_erlang::Erlang Account:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
>>>
>>> _epmd would be a better username.
>>
>> Is there a way to change that later?
>>
> Yea, I already committed with _erlang but I don't see a reason why we
> can't change it, unless I'm missing something.

Then let me ask in a different way:
What's a good/smart way to change it?

Moving to 889:_epmd would be the trivial solution on my mind, but
wouldn't that waste another user id?

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