On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Dan Van Der Ster wrote:

> Hi all,
> Today when I attempt to create an IP user I get a DB inconsistent error:
>
> # pts createuser 188.184.140.136
> pts: database is inconsistent ; unable to create user 188.184.140.136
>
> Then I noticed that our max user id is currently 2^31-1:
>
> # pts listmax
> Max user id is 2147483647 and max group id is -111717.
>
> And excuse my ignorance but according to this thread:
>   https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg37254.html
> “pts maxid is just a number that would be better called nextid"
>
> The workaround described for this issue would be to
>   pts setmax 1000000
>
> which would let pts createuser find some unused IDs for new IP users.
>
> Does this all sound reasonable?

Yes.

-Ben

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