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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.


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