[LEDE-DEV] running stuff as !root

[David Lang]

On Wed, 18 May 2016, Radu Anghel wrote:

> step 1. add users to /etc/passwd (in the pre/post-install script
> probably, trying to use same uid/gid as major distributions would be
> nice)

I believe that most of the major distros don't allocate uid/gid numbers 
statically, they are allocated as the packages are installed in the system (with 
the exception of a small number in the minimal base system)

I see arguments both ways, which is the issue I raised in a different thread.

David Lang