PackageUserRegistry

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:22:26 +0200, JFM (Jan-Frode) wrote:

> We're trying to package "Apache Traffic Server" for fedora, and need a
> dedicated uid/gid for user/group "ats" running this services since it
> includes clustering and config management over more than one node.
> 
> I've found the PackageUserRegistry wiki page at:
> 
> 	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageUserRegistry
> 
> but it doesn't seem quite right, as there are many users there
> conflicting with the RHEL standard users:
> 
> 	http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s1-users-groups-standard-users.html
> 
> So, could anybody help me with the procedure for getting a new
> user/group registered ?

You are misreading the PackageUserRegistry page. Or more likely, you haven't
read it carefully enough to follow the link in the first sentence. RHEL
doesn't use the 'fedora-usermgmt' feature. Not even Fedora uses it everywhere.