Re: Maximum uidNumber (posix / ldap).

[Alejandro Leyva <alex.leyva@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the answer, sure it helped.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny<elecharny@apache.org> wrote:
> Alejandro Leyva wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, we are looking at the maximum uidNumber, we need to know the
>> maximum allowed uidNumber for LDAP / POSIX accounts.
>>
>> The schema definition for uidNumber says that it is defined with
>> syntax 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.27, which is an LDAP number /
>> integer, in http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/apa/types.html#numbers
>> the range is defined as 2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647, did somebody
>> know if  this range is common to LDAP and POSIX? Could we have a user
>> with uidNumber 2,147,483,646 without any problem?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
> No limit, per RFC 4517,  chap. 3.3.16 :
>
> 3.3.16.  Integer
>
>  A value of the Integer syntax is a whole number of *unlimited
>  magnitude*.  The LDAP-specific encoding of a value of this syntax is
>  the optionally signed decimal digit character string representation
>  of the number (for example, the number 1321 is represented by the
>  character string "1321").  The encoding is defined by the following
>  ABNF:
>
>     Integer = ( HYPHEN LDIGIT *DIGIT ) / number
>
>  The <HYPHEN>, <LDIGIT>, <DIGIT>, and <number> rules are defined in
>  [RFC4512].
>
>  The LDAP definition for the Integer syntax is:
>
>     ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.27 DESC 'INTEGER' )
>
>  This syntax corresponds to the INTEGER ASN.1 type from [ASN.1].
>
>
>
> Now, check that against your favorite LDAP server.
>
> Hope it helps...
>
>
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