Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:28:53 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Lowell Gilbert" <lowell@world.std.com> Subject: Re: Maximum accounts per system (?) Message-ID: <002801c09a99$6f1c3fd0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <15746.982285684@monkeys.com> <001101c097c2$ad792060$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <444rxqsivv.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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> matt@gsicomp.on.ca (Matthew Emmerton) writes: > > > I noticed a quote in the source for pwd_mkdb that stated that "some software > > assumes that IDs are short." So most likely the 32k restriction is due to > > historical reasons. > > I don't have my references at easy hand to double-check, but I believe > that NFSv2 allows only 15 or 16 bits for uid. Taking a quick look at headers: nfs/nfs.h (v3) uses uid_t for UIDs, so v3 allows 32 bits. nfs/nfsproto.h (aka nfs/nfsv2.h) uses u_int32_t for UIDs, so v2 should allow 32 bits as well. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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