Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 05:59:09 +0000 From: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAX_UID ? Message-ID: <38CB322D.D12ED0B0@originative.co.uk> References: <38CAD957.3C839375@originative.co.uk> <200003120430.UAA49807@vashon.polstra.com>
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John Polstra wrote: > > In article <38CAD957.3C839375@originative.co.uk>, > Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> wrote: > > > > I think we need a MAX_UID and a MAX_GID to perform checks like this. > > Anyone got any objections to adding them to /usr/include/limits.h ? > > They must not go into <limits.h>. That header file is defined by > the ANSI/ISO C standard. The standard doesn't permit polluting the > namespace with extra stuff. Umm, ok. I don't think our limits.h actually has anything in it that meets the ANSI/ISO standard, every line is ifdef'd :-) Where would be a better place for constants like this? Are expressions like ((uid_t)0-1) portable/safe ? Maybe that's a better way of approaching this. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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