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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:08:35 +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:  <73922.937562915@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:07:34 %2B0200." <73897.937562854@axl.noc.iafrica.com> 

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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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