Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:42:47 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/20985: Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users. Message-ID: <39C31667.7CDCDF4B@gorean.org> References: <200009040920.CAA95199@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
>
> The following reply was made to PR misc/20985; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
> To: lenwilliams@aplus.net
> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: misc/20985: Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users.
> Date: 04 Sep 2000 11:14:06 +0200
>
> lenwilliams@aplus.net writes:
> > pwd_mkdb generates the following error upon reaching uid of 65535.
>
> It's just a warning. Some file systems (e.g. NFS) can't handle UIDs
> above 65535.
Just FYI, nfs v3 has no problems with UID > 65535.
Doug
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