Is there a max UID limit ?

From: <richard.price_at_vf.vodafone.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:47:12 +0100

Hello,

We have an account creation ksh script here that is a big time saver.
I've expanded it's functionality alot from some code that someone
left behind. One thing that I have left in from the older code is
a line that limits the UID number of the created account to < 8000.
Only because I don't understand why it is there.

The script eventually generates a passwd NIS map.

We are not using passwd shadowing.

We are now fast approaching uid 8000. Can anyone think of any reason
why I shouldn't remove this limitation ?

Thanks,

Richard.
Received on Wed Aug 26 1998 - 08:48:32 NZST

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