Bug#765499: Patch to make policy document 32-bit uids
Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:
> + <tag>4294967294:</tag>
> + <item>
> + <p>
> + <tt>(uid_t)(-2) == (gid_t)(-2)</tt> <em>must
> + not</em> be used, because it is mistaken for
> + <tt>65534</tt> <prgn>nobody</prgn> by some
> + programs.
> + </p>
> + </item>
I would instead say:
<em>must not</em> be used, because it is used as the anonymous,
unauthenticated user by some NFS implementations.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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