Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:07:34 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: "'Hisako Majima'" <majima@acsu.buffalo.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAX GID number Message-ID: <73897.937562854@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:30:50 -0400." <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C6D@site2s1>
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:30:50 -0400, Christopher Michaels wrote: > I would actually like to know the exact answer to this question myself. > Does someone else on the list know if there is another limiting factor? While uid_t and gid_t make for huge numbers, some software will choke on a UID or GID larger than USHRT_MAX, which is defined in /usr/include/machine/limits.h . Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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