Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 12:04:56 -0700 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: ache@freefall.cdrom.com, CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-etc@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd Message-ID: <199505151904.MAA20407@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 May 1995 05:01:34 %2B1000." <199505151901.FAA07546@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd >The standard uid/group for nobody should be -2 -2 (65534, 65534). Even when (uid_t)-2 == 0xFFFFFFFEul ? That's why I added the follow on 16 bit numbers. We're trying to be network compatible, so we should stick to 16 bit uid/gid sign extension. >While it doesn't -really- matter, if you're going to change it, make it >conform. Group nobody already existed, but nobody noticed :-). > Change xten shell from /dev/null to /nonexistant, adduser > complaints instead. Now only spelling chackers should complain :-) Bruce
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