Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 May 1999 18:35:54 -0300 (EST) | From | Augusto Cesar <> | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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On Sat, 29 May 1999, 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. >
I vote for 32 bits, *some* ISPs have more than 65536 users, but they can find others solutions, like using SQL databases for users accounts, if we use a gid_t of 64 bits its more 32 bits for every gid_t variable, this will increase up the size of kernel and decresing the speed with a feature for only a couple of ISPs. IMHO.
-- Augusto Cesar Sekure SDI http://www.sekure.org
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