Commits on Apr 23, 2024

1. Add min_uid and max_uid configuration values. …

   aad-auth assigns users to UIDs which are too large for some common software.
   
   There are many reports of this problem, notably relating to
   xdg-desktop-portal-gnome not working:
   
   - In ubuntu#278, screensharing does not work
     because the portal is not loaded.
     - We have also had this problem.
   - In ubuntu#200, applications take
     excessively long to open.
     - We have experienced this issue with a variety of apps, including the
       nmapplet, gnome-terminal, and chromium.
   - In ubuntu#441 brings up exactly this issue,
     but hasn't had a response.
   
   Adding a `min_uid` and `max_uid` configuration option allows the user to specify
   the range in which UIDs should be generated, thereby enabling admins to cap the
   UIDs at a range which works with most software.
   
   To prevent existing installations from changing their behaviour, the default
   values, when the parameters aren't specified in the configuration file, remain
   at `100000` and `math.MaxUint32`, however the config template now explicitly
   sets the values to values which play nicely with xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, in an
   attempt to give new users a better experience.
   
   Also, when a collision is found, instead of only incrementing the UID, which may
   overflow and end up as UID 0 (root!!!), we instead wrap around only within the
   specified range.

   

   JOT85 committed Apr 23, 2024
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