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Bug#765499: Patch to make policy document 32-bit uids



On Sun, Feb  1, 2015 at 23:38:24 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:28:22PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> OK I offer an updated patch.
> 
> Third time's a charm I hope.
> 
Seconded.

Cheers,
Julien

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