On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:22:53 +0200
landry@openbsd.org wrote:

> Le Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 10:49:06PM -0500, ed@groovyexpress.com a écrit :
> > I had ported the Rust version a couple of months ago which I think
> > you'd be interested in since it adds flexibility in how you give
> > file and doas access to the (new) reaction user instead of giving
> > reaction root access.
> > 
> > New version will be attached, but initial post for reference:
> > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=177613283314721&w=2
> > 
> 
> thanks for both submissions, having ported the go version initially and
> still running it on one VM, i knew that someday i'd have to look at the
> rust rewrite. promises arent much, but will try :)
> 

No problem. I also wanted to ask about the status of the dynamic
allocation for port daemons since I prefer to give each port daemon
their own user, but I don't want to waste the user.list allocation.

I don't think it would be an issue for reaction to have a randomly
generated uid/gid since there is a work-in-progress plugin for
synchronizing tables across systems.