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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:50:29 +0100 (CET)
From:      Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: docs/61625: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2
Message-ID:  <20040120154928.U90355@pcle2.cc.univie.ac.at>
In-Reply-To: <20040120144627.GH686@arthur.nitro.dk>
References:  <200401201340.i0KDePlc030253@freefall.freebsd.org> <20040120141101.GJ47004@submonkey.net> <20040120144627.GH686@arthur.nitro.dk>

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> How about the attached patch?  This is an introduction section/chapter,
> so I don't think there should be too many details, since it's not
> relevant to most people anyway.
>
> The warning is more or less copy/pasted from pwd_mkdb(8).

If you give the warning and mention that the UIDs can be larger, you
should also document how large they actually can be.

regards,
le

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