From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Sep 4 2:20: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5F137B423 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 02:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id CAA95199; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 02:20:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 02:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009040920.CAA95199@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Subject: Re: misc/20985: Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users. Reply-To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/20985; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav To: lenwilliams@aplus.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/20985: Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users. Date: 04 Sep 2000 11:14:06 +0200 lenwilliams@aplus.net writes: > pwd_mkdb generates the following error upon reaching uid of 65535. It's just a warning. Some file systems (e.g. NFS) can't handle UIDs above 65535. > Will increasing "maxusers" resolve this? No. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message