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Conflicting IDs in /etc/passwd and group

November 15, 2025 — BarryK

In woofQ2, the script rootfs/1create-rootfs merges rootfs/easyos-structure/etc/passwdEOS and groupEOS into the Devuan ones. This code is at line 373.

However, it results in some entries having the same ID number. For example, in /etc/group, the Debian one has "polkitd:x:102:..." whereas the EOS one has "lp:x:102:..."

The fix is to assign the EOS entries to different non-conflicting IDs. For example, lp entry has been changed to ID 335.

This is not a new bug; it has existed since the start of the 7.0-alphas, but doesn't seem to have caused any trouble.       

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