About

What this is

idunix is a reference for Linux identity and permissions. It indexes the user and group IDs assigned in distribution base packages and puts them side by side.

It reports what those packages state. Where a package is silent, the silence is recorded as silence rather than filled in with an assumption.

What it covers

The assignment matrix records two pinned source snapshots: base-passwd 3.6.8 for Debian and alpine-baselayout 3.7.2-r1 for Alpine Linux. The source package, version and commit are listed on the pages that use the matrix. These are reference snapshots, not a claim about the latest release or the accounts installed on every machine.

Other distributions are not in the matrix. They will be added when their source package has been verified and recorded in the data.

Publisher

Published by Nabus AS. No individual author or reviewer is assigned.

Monetisation

The homepage contains a sponsored NordVPN affiliate link. Idunix may earn a commission on a qualifying purchase. Idunix does not charge you to follow the link; the vendor sets purchase terms. Affiliate relationships do not alter the reference matrix.

Source version provenance

The Debian commit's changelog is headed 3.6.9 (UNRELEASED). The passwd.master, group.master and account documentation used here match the released base-passwd 3.6.8 files byte for byte. The 3.6.8 label identifies that validated release content, not the commit's changelog version.