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From: tim@pipex.net (Tim Goodwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Large UIDs in 4.4bsd?
Date: 3 Jul 1994 13:14:42 +0100
Organization: PIPEX, 216 Science Park, Cambridge, England
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I seem to remember hearing that 4.4bsd supports UIDs longer than 16
bits. Is this correct?
I did try to `Use the Source, Luke', but it's a bit confusing.
/usr/src/sys/sys/types.h of the lite distribution reads
typedef unsigned long uid_t;
which looks encouraging, but then /usr/src/share/man/man5/types.5 reads
typedef u_short uid_t;
Assuming it's the documentation that's wrong, would this translate into
a UID range of 0 - 4294967295 on, say, the SPARC architecture? What
about a 64 bit machine?
Any clarification appreciated. Mail me, and I'll summarize.
Tim.
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