[Freeipa-users] UID 999, not possible?

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2012, sysadmin at noboost.org wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Is there a weird restriction to UID 999 in ipa, as IPA keeps changing
>the UID when I add a user with that number? (I've already checked the
>UID isn't in use)
We use 999 as a marker for DNA plugin. UID/GID 999 is replaced by
an allocated one with the help of the 389-ds plugin 
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNA_Plugin
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Deployment_Guide/Defining_Dynamic_Atrribute_Values.html#about-dunamically-assigning-attribute-values

>
>[root at sysvm-ipa ~]# ipa user-add administrator --uid=999 --gidnumber=132
>--first=administrator --last=administrator
>--------------------------
>Added user "administrator"
>--------------------------
>  User login: administrator
>  First name: administrator
>  Last name: administrator
>  Full name: administrator administrator
>  Display name: administrator administrator
>  Initials: aa
>  Home directory: /home/administrator
>  GECOS field: administrator administrator
>  Login shell: /bin/bash
>  Kerberos principal: administrator at EXAMPLE.COM
>  UID: 721000062
>  GID: 132
>  Keytab: False
>  Password: False
>
>
>cya
>
>Craig
>
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/ Alexander Bokovoy