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- From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
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- Subject: Re: wierd uid src code in pcnfsd v2
- Message-ID: <15453@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 06:46:06 GMT
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- >#on aix for example, uid's are LONG, so they can go up to 4gazillion
- >#or whatever. what's the deal?
-
- ...
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- >Now, on Solaris 1 and Solaris 2, UID_MAX is explicitly
- >defined as 60002.
-
- Note, though, that UID's are 32 bits in SVR4 32-bit systems (including
- Solaris 2.x), although that's Phase 1 of Lumpy Gravy^H^H^H^H^H^H^H the
- big Ex{pand,tend}ed Fundamental Types conversion, so the OS is supposed
- to limit UID (and GID) values to those values that fit in the old 16-bit
- fields. Future SV releases will, presumably, lift that limitation.
-