Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:09:23 -0800 (PST) From: Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/61625: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 Message-ID: <200401201309.i0KD9Njp086483@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200401201310.i0KDACE7026737@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 61625 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 20 05:10:12 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Marian Cerny >Release: 5.1R >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD mrokarik 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: In section 8.2 Introduction is written: The UID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... The GID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... By adding a line to passwd (using vipw): test::65536:65536::0:0:test:/:/sbin/nologin I get this as a response: pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max uid value (65535) pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max gid value (65535) >How-To-Repeat: See section 8.2 Introduction of the Handbook. >Fix: Change 65536 to 65535. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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