kumquat-buildroot/system/skeleton/etc/group
Norbert Lange 0d887cc2b4 system: replace nogroup with nobody
Currently, we define the so-called "overflow group" as 'nogroup'.

However, one practical issue is that systemd-sysusers will otherwise
create a 'nobody' group with gid 999, because that's is what is usual to
define the overflow group: users and groups are defined in LSB (Linux
Standard Base):

    https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/usernames.html

Quoting: "If the username exists on a system,then they should be in the
suggested corresponding group".

Only Debian and derivatives depart from this custom, naming it 'nogroup'
(hence the rationale for commit 908198e756 (system/skeleton: remove
spurious group 'nobody').

See also commit 9c67af2c52 (system/skeleton: use uid/gid 65534 for
nobody/nogroup), and a related discussion on LWN.net (key is "overflow
UID" which also applies to GID):

    https://lwn.net/Articles/695478/

Use the recommended groupname 'nobody'. Adapt packages accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Norbert Lange <nolange79@gmail.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
  - reword commit log
  - extend commit log with more references (commits and LWN)
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
2020-07-18 14:18:33 +02:00

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root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
kmem:x:9:
wheel:x:10:root
cdrom:x:11:
dialout:x:18:
floppy:x:19:
video:x:28:
audio:x:29:
tape:x:32:
www-data:x:33:
operator:x:37:
utmp:x:43:
plugdev:x:46:
staff:x:50:
lock:x:54:
netdev:x:82:
users:x:100:
nobody:x:65534: