docs/61625: Wrong maximal UID and GID in Handbook, section 8.2

[Marc Fonvieille]

The following reply was made to PR docs/61625; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org>
To: Marian Cerny <jojo at matfyz.cz>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at 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