Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 19:59:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: karl@Mcs.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: UID < 65535? Message-ID: <199608260059.TAA11578@Jupiter.mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <3220EAC2.167EB0E7@whistle.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Aug 25, 96 05:07:30 pm
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> 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!
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