On 30 Nov 00 at 0:15, Michael J. Maravillo wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 07:19:47PM +0800, Orlando Andico wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Kelsey Hartigan Go wrote:
> > > The 64K limit is due to the array handling the file...so if you
> > > have 3 files, then that would mean 3 64K limit. Now that remains
> > > to be seen... I'm just explaining based on my knowledge on the
> > > passwd file.
> >
> > No, it's because the UID (which is intimately linked in the kernel,
> > e.g. ownership of BOTH files and processes) is a 16-bit unsigned
> > integer. You can try Solaris (32-bit UIDs or Linux 2.4).
>
> Note that upgrading to Linux 2.4 alone won't give 32-bit UID
> support on your Linux system right away. This also means
> upgrading glibc since the 16-bit unsigned integer limit is
> defined there -- for functions getpwent and friends. And also
> means recompiling all programs that use the above functions...
Note that we're talking here of the virtual password file, which does not have
anything to do with the UIDs...it simply use it for username emails.
Hmm...or does it?
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