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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 
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On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:07:34 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> 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 .

I'm talking crap, sorry.  Some software will choke on a UID or GID
larger than 65535.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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