[Fedora-directory-users] gid number in posix account!

[Sharpe, Sam J]

On 3 May 2006, at 20:18, mj at sci.fi wrote:
>
>> what's really strange is that if you're adding a person to  
>> multiple groups (really, listing
>> multiple memberuid attributes in a posixgroup) you MUST use the  
>> text name of the person.  Even
>> though the attr is called member*uid*, if you put the uid in  
>> there, it won't work.  Text string
>> must be specified.  I know it's not FDS's fault but as my kids  
>> would say, "that's just whack."
>
> uid is a text string username.
> uidNumber is an integer user id number.

Yes, but Susan's point was that the generally accepted use of the  
term "uid" ( in systems and operating systems terms ) is a *number*  
that uniquely describes the user. LDAP is different from the norm,  
and "that's just whack".