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Re: Greatest value



On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, GOMBAS Gabor wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 07:52:14AM +0100, Michael Ströder wrote:
>
> > 2. Reusing uid numbers not possible
>
> Why should UID numbers be reused? Most Unices support 32-bit UIDs nowadays.
> Don't say it's not enough...

Hmm. I fear you can't rely on that. Plenty of systems will be floating
along a long while that don't support 32bit UID's.

Hugo.

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