From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 31 11:36:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA00444 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:36:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ziplink.net (relay-0.ziplink.net [206.15.168.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA00272 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:36:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from esj@ziplink.net) Received: from ziplink.net (esj.ziplink.net [208.196.96.181]) by ziplink.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA24241 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:35:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <35214702.6B8B8510@ziplink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:41:54 -0500 From: "Eric S. Johansson" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 32-bit user IDs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG when I looked in the system include files, it appears that FreeBSD supports 32-bit UID values but I wasn't able to create an account using adduser with a UID > 32k. I've searched the Web site for information on long user IDs and come up empty. Any insights on the longest supported user ID would be greatly appreciated. --- eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message