[Freeipa-users] Change UID range

[Rob Crittenden]

Stamper, Brian P. (ARC-D)[Logyx LLC] wrote:
>
> It’s enough of an issue that I’d spend the 1-2 hours to reinstall my
> server and 1 client. I just find it really odd that the default would be
> so high. I’m all for avoiding conflicts, but I can’t think of too many
> systems that would have a billion users. The help on the server
> installer says the idstart is random. I’d rather skip 1000 UIDs than 1.3
> billion, I just find the numbers unwieldy. Browsing the web, it looks
> like the default is random between 1m and 2^31. I’d just prefer it be in
> the 4-6 digit range, as I do still use UIDs numerically on occasion.
>
> I have no issue with the default being what it is, most people may not
> care what their UID range actually is. I just want to know if it can be
> changed manually or if I have to reinstall. I’m still in an evaluation
> phase with a testing system anyway, so I’ll just add it to my notes when
> I deploy to something I might use in production.

Modify the dnanextvalue and dnamaxvalue options in the entry:

cn=Posix IDs,cn=Distributed Numeric Assignment Plugin,cn=plugins,cn=config

rob

>
> -brian
>
> On 6/13/11 3:22 PM, "Steven Jones" <Steven.Jones at vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     The docs say they do this to try and avoid clashes with other
>     organisations in case of a merger.
>
>     Another reason I can see is possibly Shiboleth (Federation) which
>     I/we have to do. So is changing it that much of an issue?
>
>     regards
>
>
>     ________________________________
>     From: freeipa-users-bounces at redhat.com
>     [freeipa-users-bounces at redhat.com] on behalf of Stamper, Brian P.
>     (ARC-D)[Logyx LLC] [brian.p.stamper at nasa.gov]
>     Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2011 10:18 a.m.
>     To: freeipa-users at redhat.com
>     Subject: [Freeipa-users] Change UID range
>
>     After installing, I’ve noticed that my UIDs for freeipa start at 1.3
>     billion. Now, this isn’t technically a problem, but it is ... Odd.
>     Is there a way to change this value after install, or am I stuck
>     uninstalling and reinstalling with the --idstart value set to get
>     this to a more reasonable number?
>
>     -Brian
>
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