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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
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Subject: Re: MAX GID number 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:30:50 -0400."
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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.


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