Maximum Number of UIDs

From: Rainer Wolf <Rainer.Wolf_at_rz.uni-ulm.de>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 13:43:09 +0200

Hello All

since DUnix Version 4.0d the maximum Numbers of UIDs/GIDs
has increased from 16 to 31 bit. Solaris 2.5.1 also
announces 32 bit for UIDs/GIDs.
Now I have 2 questions:
Has someone experience of what I should be aware of when
using uids > 16 bit ?
The 2. question is : Someone Knows about Portability/Availability
across OS Platforms ( specially: hpux,irix,linux,solaris ... )
concerning to uids > 16 bit ?
... a matrix would be fine ...

Thanks in Advance for any hints, I'll summarize.
Rainer

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Rainer Wolf
Received on Tue Jul 07 1998 - 13:44:36 NZST

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