Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 16:53:37 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: Jamie Heckford <jamie@tridentmicrosystems.co.uk>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UID Limit Message-ID: <3CEC2F81.718CBE37@pantherdragon.org> References: <001901c201a5$25b8e0e0$4464a8c0@JAMIEHECKFORD> <20020522192114.M349@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 04:27:12PM +0100, Jamie Heckford wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me what the limit is on a > > UID? Ie what is the highest integer it can go up to..... > > > > I suppose as well some applications have different values.. or am I > > completly wrong :) > > The functions that deal with user ID's take a parameter of type uid_t. > The uid_t type is defined in <sys/types.h> as u_int32_t. Hence, at least > theoretically, FreeBSD supports uid's in the range 0 to 4G-1. It supports them that high, yes, but I believe they wrap at 99999. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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