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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Veaceslav Revutchi <sl@dnt.md>
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Subject: Re: uid > 65535 
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On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:59:58 +0200, Veaceslav Revutchi wrote:

> I was wondering what happens if the userbase grows beyond the maximum
> allowed uid. Is there a way to have more then 65535 users on a system?

In modern versions of FreeBSD, the maximum UID is well above 65535.
However, large IDs may cause problems with software that makes
assumptions about the storage size of uid_t and gid_t.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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