[PLUG] unsigned short UIDs?

[williamj@cs.purdue.edu]

> I understand that unsigned shorts are used for UIDs in Linux.  Please
> let me know if you know of a Linux (not FreeBSD or Solaris) or any
> work going on to use ints or unsigned ints for UIDS.  I'll summarize to
> the list.

This is done in the kernel and shouldnt depend on a certain Linux
distribution.  Plus, I doubt there will be much of a need to support
more than 64,000 users on one machine any time soon, which is the
number of UIDs an unsigned short can represent, assuming it is 16 bits.
So am I on crack, or are there operating systems out there that support
more than 64k users?

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