Date: 19 Feb 2001 12:05:40 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum accounts per system (?) Message-ID: <444rxqsivv.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: matt@gsicomp.on.ca's message of "16 Feb 2001 03:49:42 %2B0100" References: <15746.982285684@monkeys.com> <001101c097c2$ad792060$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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matt@gsicomp.on.ca (Matthew Emmerton) writes: > I noticed a quote in the source for pwd_mkdb that stated that "some software > assumes that IDs are short." So most likely the 32k restriction is due to > historical reasons. I don't have my references at easy hand to double-check, but I believe that NFSv2 allows only 15 or 16 bits for uid. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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