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From: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown)
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Subject: UIDs and GIDs
Keywords: versus Networking
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Date: 28 Jun 90 15:31:38 GMT
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From: mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown)

In 1003.1, "User ID" is defined as a positive integer (so is GID)...

Also, uid_t is defined as an arithmetic type (same for gid_t).

How does one handle (or can one handle) certain networking conventions that
use a "dummy" user ("nobody") and require a user id of -2 ?

Do these conflict as they seem, or am I missing something (always possible..)

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Mark Brown   IBM AWD / OSF  |  "The tricky part is common usage."
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