Hello Steve,
Am 2006-11-24 19:15:41, schrieb Steve Langasek:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 06:16:28PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
>
> > > Every time the discussion has come up so far, there's been an absence of
> > > consensus about whether it was correct to attempt to reclaim user ids on
> > > purge.
>
> > When does GNU/Linux distributions support 32 Bit UID/GID's?
>
> Debian supports them just fine. Who says it doesn't?
And HOW can I get UID's >=65536 to work?
I have already tried it in my /etc/passwd and
/etc/group but it gives tonns of errors.
Any hints?
> What does that have to do with what packages do with *system* users?
It was only a forgotten question because since some years nobody want
to talk about updating of programs for using UID/GID >=65536.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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