Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:54:11 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No MAXUID ? Message-ID: <19990730145410.M24560@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199907301613.JAA03962@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 09:13:52AM -0700 References: <55670.933331823@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <199907301613.JAA03962@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 09:13:52AM -0700, a little birdie told me that Mike Smith remarked > > I think that the administrator should be forced to override the warning > manually to indicate that they are aware of the issues they are getting > themselves in for, or at the very least that there should be some very > serious warnings placed in the relevant manpages (mount_nfs, passwd(5), > vipw, etc) covering these issues.a How about a bit of a compromise on it? Make pwd_mkdb just spew a warning like --- WARNING: UID(s) over XXXXX detected, may cause problems. --- by default, with a flag (-v?) to list the specific ones causing problems. Warning in manpages are, of course, always a Good Thing. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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