Did you set the PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS as documented in the man page for pwd_mkdb?
Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben Hockenhull >Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:36 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: FreeBSD 5.x with > 70k users? > > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
