From nobody@FreeBSD.org Tue Jan 20 05:09:24 2004 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D8216A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:09:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A3D43D49 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:09:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0KD9NdL086484 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:09:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0KD9Njp086483; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:09:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200401201309.i0KD9Njp086483@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:09:23 -0800 (PST) From: Marian Cerny To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.0 >Number: 61625 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: simon >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 20 05:10:12 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: Tue Jan 20 08:17:44 PST 2004 >Last-Modified: Tue Jan 20 08:17:44 PST 2004 >Originator: Marian Cerny >Release: 5.1R >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD mrokarik 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: In section 8.2 Introduction is written: The UID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... The GID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... By adding a line to passwd (using vipw): test::65536:65536::0:0:test:/:/sbin/nologin I get this as a response: pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max uid value (65535) pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max gid value (65535) >How-To-Repeat: See section 8.2 Introduction of the Handbook. >Fix: Change 65536 to 65535. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Marc Fonvieille To: Marian Cerny Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/61625: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:36:13 +0100 On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 05:09:23AM -0800, Marian Cerny wrote: > >Description: > In section 8.2 Introduction is written: > The UID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... > The GID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to ... > > By adding a line to passwd (using vipw): > test::65536:65536::0:0:test:/:/sbin/nologin > > I get this as a response: > pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max uid value (65535) > pwd_mkdb: 65536 > recommended max gid value (65535) You forgot to add the line: vipw: done It's just a warning cause some programs may want short IDs/GIDs. However maybe we should say "The UID is, by default, a number from 0 to 65535..." Marc Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->simon Responsible-Changed-By: simon Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jan 20 06:48:48 PST 2004 Responsible-Changed-Why: Grab the PR since I have committed an initial fix. Keep it open for a bit until a patch noteing that large UID/GID's are possible, have been committed. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=61625 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: simon State-Changed-When: Tue Jan 20 08:15:52 PST 2004 State-Changed-Why: The number has been updated, and I have added a footnote about 65535 not being the highest possible UID/GID value, but highest recommended. Thanks for the submission. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=61625 >Unformatted: