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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@tribe.com>
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Subject: Re: pwd_mkdb question
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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 21:06:55 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <199602080022.QAA04064@bubba.tribe.com> from "Archie Cobbs" at Feb 7, 96 04:22:17 pm
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I wrote:

> However, /usr/include/pwd.h defines the "pw_uid" field of "struct passwd"
> to have type "int". In other words, according to the header file, UID's
> ought to be able to be 32 bits long.

Another thing: pw_uid should be declared type "uid_t".

-Archie
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