Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:40:25 -0800 (PST) From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/61625: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 Message-ID: <200401201340.i0KDePlc030253@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/61625; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/61625: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:36:13 +0100 On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:09:23AM -0800, Marian Cerny wrote: > >Description: > In section 8.2 Introduction is written: > The UID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... > The GID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... > > By adding a line to passwd (using vipw): > test::65536:65536::0:0:test:/:/sbin/nologin > > I get this as a response: > pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max uid value (65535) > pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max gid value (65535) You forgot to add the line: vipw: done It's just a warning cause some programs may want short IDs/GIDs. However maybe we should say "The UID is, by default, a number from 0 to 65535..." Marc
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