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From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net>
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Subject: Re: UID > 65536 works ? (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 13:42:42 -0400 (EDT)
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> 
> > The check is there for interoperability with FreeBSD as an NIS master
> > or slave (not client) with a non-FreeBSD slave or client (not master).
> >

Let us make it soft, so those who need it so can make it so.  Or so those
who don't want it can burn it out.  Or something.

Let us kill the 16 bit limits first.

Then let us kill the 32 bit ones.

Confess your 64 bit needs, as I have.  Come clean.

Regards,

Mark Hittinger
bugs@win.net