Re: High UID support for Linux

J. S. Connell (ankh@canuck.gen.nz)
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:38:33 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Alexander Viro wrote:

> Patch them?

A large part of this discussion has been about how to retrofit intelligence
about uids > 65535 into programs *for which you don't have source*, or that
you don't have time to fix so they'll recompile with modern tools, etc.

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