Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 12:08:05 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon <james@expresslane.ca> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: UIDs greater than 65535 ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960613120205.5404A-100000@expresslane.ca>
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I've noticed a slight discrepancy between the maxmium UID allowed in
include/pwd.h, and that allowed in usr.sbin/pw_scan.c.
The struct passwd uses :
int pw_uid; /* user uid */
But pw_scan.c uses this check routine :
if (id > USHRT_MAX) {
warnx("%s > max uid value (%d)", p, USHRT_MAX);
return (0);
}
So that although a userid can have a 32-bit value, the password scanning
routines won't allow anything higher than 16 bit.
Is this just an oversight (i.e. can we just change the constant in
pw_scan.c? ) or are there other reasons why the UIDs are limited to 16-bit
?
Please reply directly, I'm not on -current for fear of a mail explosion
like -stable ... 8-)
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j.
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