Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:07:18 -0700 | From | Joel Klecker <> | Subject | 32-bit UIDs (was: Re: LDAP) |
| |
At 10:01 +0300 1999-07-06, Matti Aarnio wrote: > That small numeric space of UIDs is another (and > certainly kernel) issue, mainly though because of > lots of syscalls and pre-existing software BINARIES > with 16-bit UIDs/GIDs. > > Implementing a new set of syscalls with enlarged > passed values in value fields/whatnot is better way, > and it will "only" need support in the glibc 2.1. > Old binaries will still run, although strange alias > effects might appear when (uid % 65536) == 0, etc..
That is the solution adopted by <http://www.engin.umich.edu/caen/systems/Linux/highuids/> -- Joel Klecker (aka Espy) Debian GNU/Linux Developer <URL:mailto:jk@espy.org> <URL:mailto:espy@debian.org> <URL:http://web.espy.org/> <URL:http://www.debian.org/>
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |