Eric, Yes, that restriction was supposed to be removed in the 2.4 kernel series. Now, whether all the tools and programs that interface with and use that information have been upgraded is open to further testing. I and the others will thank you in advance. :)
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Eric Biggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Max UIDs on 2.4 We've discovered that the maximum number of users on our system (2.2) is 65536. Does anyone know if this limitation is lifted in the 2.4 kernel? We ran into this because we can't set a UID higher than this number. In our enterprise environment we have AIX, Sun, HP, etc. We try to keep UIDs consistent on all mid-range (and USS) platforms. My personal UID is 74101. When I tried to set that as my UID on our SUSE Linux it didn't work. That's what led to our investigation. Any insight is appreciated. Eric Biggs * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
