From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 25 18:00:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA02255 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 18:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA02248 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 18:00:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id UAA24382; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 20:00:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mailbox.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Sun, 25 Aug 96 20:00 CDT Received: (from karl@localhost) by Jupiter.mcs.net (8.7.5/8.7.5) id TAA11578; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 19:59:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Karl Denninger Message-Id: <199608260059.TAA11578@Jupiter.mcs.net> Subject: Re: UID < 65535? To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 19:59:52 -0500 (CDT) Cc: karl@Mcs.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <3220EAC2.167EB0E7@whistle.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Aug 25, 96 05:07:30 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > Note this: > > > > typedef u_int32_t uid_t; /* user id */ > > > > Ok, so its a 32-bit value, right? > > > > Then why does pwd_mkdb blow chunks if I specify anything beyond 65535? > > It's only a warning message.. theya re working, > but thay are bad for NFS as it has a 16 bit UID field. > hense teh warning.. > it probably shoul dbe a more explanatory message however.. > it USED TO quit, but I made in non fatal a few months ago > as we use UIDS > 65K as special internal system UIDs here.. Yuck. That means there really is a hard 16-bit limit if you use NFS to store anything? Has this been addressed at all? -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available | 23 Chicagoland Prefixes, 13 ISDN, much more Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!