Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:36:11 -0500 From: Ben Hockenhull <benh@jpj.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 5.x with > 70k users? Message-ID: <v03102801beca00591d78@[192.168.11.10]>
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Hi there, I'm attempting to migrate an old BSDI system to FreeBSD. The system in question has about 71k users, with UIDs from about 2000 up to about 70000. When I import the master.passwd file (formats are the same) to the new system and try to rebuild the .db files, it fails with a pwd_mkdb: put: Unknown error: 0 . As best I can tell, if I import a small subset of the users (about 5k), things work fine. From what I understand, FreeBSD can have massive UIDs, with the caveat that some applications may not like UIDs > 65535. I did some research and found someone reporting an identical problem, but didn't see that he'd found a solution. Any input, pointers, solutions greatly appreciated. Ben
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