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 908198e7 (system/skeleton: remove spurious group 'nobody'). See also commit 9c67af2c (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>
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