Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:53:56 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No MAXUID ? Message-ID: <199907300753.AAA01190@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:18:51 %2B0200." <44527.933254331@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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> > I've come up empty-handed hunting for a constant that defines the > maximum UID supported by the system. I'm working on our passwd and > pwd_mkdb stuff and want to get rid of the artificial limitation of 65535 > (USHRT_MAX) imposed in (at least) pwd_mkdb. > > Have I missed a useful define, or should I add one? If I should add one, > does it go in pwd.h, types.h or syslimits.h? It probably belongs in param.h, and you can probably safely calculate it as (uid_t)0 - 1; -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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