On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:06:22 -0400
Stephen Gallagher <sgall...@redhat.com> wrote:

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> On 10/18/2010 03:16 PM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> > We used strtol() on a number of places to convert into uid_t or
> > gid_t from a string representation such as LDAP attribute, but on
> > some platforms, unsigned long might be necessary to store big id_t
> > values.
> > 
> > This patch converts to using strtoul() instead.
> 
> 
> It has been discovered that LDAP only supports signed 32-bit integers
> for the UID, so there is no need for this patch. No sense in
> backporting it, in that case.

This doesn't sound right.

>From RFC 4517:

3.3.16.  Integer

   A value of the Integer syntax is a whole number of unlimited
   magnitude. [..]


Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York
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