On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 07:24:50AM -0700, Gabby James wrote: > What is the max UID on a RedHat 7.1 system. On the internet, I found > places where it said with kernel 2.4 and greater, RH has moved to 32-bit > UIDs. I am using kernel 2.4.2-2. When I add a user through linuxconf, I > get a error messages saying the UID needs to be between 0 and 65535. It may be a bug/limitation in linuxconf. I tested as follows: [root@mioc2 ewilts]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Linux release 7.0 (Guinness) [root@mioc2 ewilts]# useradd -u 123456789 foo [root@mioc2 ewilts]# grep foo /etc/passwd foo:x:123456789:123456789::/home/foo:/bin/bash [root@mioc2 ewilts]# userdel foo What happens if you do the same thing on your 7.1 system? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
