[Linux-HA] CentoOS RPMs: uid? gid?

[Andrew Beekhof]

On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:14 PM, David Lee wrote:

> A few weeks ago a colleague installed heartbeat, via yum, on CentOS  
> (fresh
> machine).  He got "heartbeat-2.1.2-3.el5.centos" (i.e. a 2.1.2  
> variant)
> and it gave both uid and gid as 90.
>
> Earlier today I have done a similar exercise on (also on a fresh  
> machine).
> I got (the newer) "heartbeat-2.1.3-3.el5.centos" (2.1.3 variant).  But
> that gave uid 498 and gid 496.  (And for local reasons that causes  
> grief.)
>
> My guess is that this disparity is something to do with CentOS  
> revising
> their packaging.  If so, any ideas who I should contact?  Any ideas  
> why
> CentOS chose such high numbers for their uid/gid?

can you let me know when you find out the official [ug]id's?
i'll make sure the build service packages use them too