Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 23:06:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Yann Ramin <yramin@redshift.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large UIDs (>65536) Message-ID: <200006100606.XAA01356@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jun 2000 22:44:25 PDT." <00060922435800.26335@atp.atpn.com>
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> Hi, > > I was just wondering if anyone has considered allowing larger UIDs (unsigned > long) on a FreeBSD system? What would this require changing? From what I > can tell, the code is typedefed so if you go recompile everything, you should > be ok. Am I missing anything here? How about this line from <sys/types.h>: typedef u_int32_t uid_t; /* user id */ It pays to do your own research - then you only get to look silly in front of yourself. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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