[ILUG] patch for more users than 65535

[Rick Moen]

begin  Deim Agoston quotation:

> Once I've read a thread about linux's user limit. It's been said
> that linux has the limit of 65535 users but there is a patch
> which makes available to register nearly hundred millions of 
> users. Would somebody tell me where is it?

The kernel went to 32-bit UIDs in the middle of the 2.3.x kernel 
series.  But you'll also need a glibc patch.  See:
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/35/1999/11/0/2933406/

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Cheers,
Rick Moen                                          ROMANI, ITE DOMVM!
rick at linuxmafia.com