Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 May 1999 17:15:58 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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Nicholas Tufar wrote: > > On 27 May 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Okay, 2.3 is out; it's time to get some fundamental data types > > expanded: > > > > REQUIRED: > > > > uid_t, gid_t: 32 bits minimum, 32 bits probably OK. > > Some ISPs and mail servers may have more than 65536 users on one system. > I would propose to make uid_t and gid_t 64 bits. >
Huh? A 32-bit uid/gid_t allows for 4 billion users.
-hpa
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