From 159f2e45eb2c5f9eb50482089ef339a2c600ae39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jfs <jfs@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:02:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Reference policy regarding dynamic system users

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@3578 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
---
 developers-reference.sgml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index f40c358..c9baee9 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % dynamicdata  SYSTEM "dynamic.ent" > %dynamicdata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.273 $">
+  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.274 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the original developer's reference in cvs-en-rev -->
@@ -4164,7 +4164,10 @@ to system users.
 <package>base-passwd</package> package that provides the user.
 
 <p>In the second case, you need to create the system user through maintainer
-scripts.
+scripts. <url id="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.9"
+name="policy"> requires you discuss an appropiate user and group name on
+<emv>debian-devel</em> and make sure it is unique and does not overlap
+with other packages.
 
 <p>Running programs with a user with limited privileges makes sure
 that any security issue with the program makes limited damaged to the
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