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- From: mskucher@math.uwaterloo.ca (Murray S. Kucherawy [MFCF])
- Subject: Re: User ID parameter in smit user
- Message-ID: <BuFLA6.D5L@math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: Math Faculty Computing Facility, University of Waterloo, Canada
- References: <199209101601.AA16362@tuna.wang.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:37:18 GMT
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- SYD.FARBER@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Syd M. Farber") writes:
- >Does anyone know the size of the User ID field? I am trying to create a
- >meaningful unique User ID number for all users. SMIT will allow me to
- >enter a number greater than 64k but backup will not backup any files or
- >directories owned by a user with a User ID greater than 64k. Is this a
- >limitation or a problem?
- >
- >thx,
- > syd.farber@office.wang.com
-
- /usr/include/sys/types.h says it's an unsigned longword. My guess then
- would be that backup is not compatible with the way the system handles
- user id numbers (sounds like backup uses short or unsigned short).
-
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