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From: chetal@flume.zk3.dec.com (Pradeep Chetal)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: uid range on Ultrix
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Date: 26 Jul 90 13:29:22 GMT
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Reply-To: chetal@flume.zk3.dec.com (Pradeep Chetal)
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In article <26ADE591.9398@orion.oac.uci.edu>, iglesias@orion.oac.uci.edu
(Mike Iglesias) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> It appears from the /etc/adduser script that the maximum uid Ultrix
|> can handle is 32000, and tests seem to prove that out.  Is there some
|> reason that the maximum uid is limited to 32000, when it could go as
|> high as 32767?  We have uids grouped by department, and we'd really
|> like to be able to be able to use uids between 32000 and 32767.  Does
|> Ultrix v4.0 have the same restriction?
|> 
|> Thanks
|> 
|> Mike Iglesias
|> University of California, Irvine
|> Internet:    iglesias@orion.oac.uci.edu
|> BITNET:      iglesias@uci
|> uucp:        ...!ucbvax!ucivax!iglesias

Yup, Ultrix 4.0 HAS the same restriction.
This is for POSIX compliance.

/Pradeep
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