Re: Linux 2.4 and UID > 65535

[Wesley Leonard <marshall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It sounds like a built in thing with ps, not a kernel issue.

It sounds like ps has either put a limit on the size of the UID or the
UID variable is an integer such that it cannot go over 65535 (I forgot
how big ints in C can be ... I'd think a UID would be an unsigned int,
though....).

Just an opinion...

out of curiosity: Why do you need UIDs over 65535?  Do you have more
than 65000 users?


Kevin Mitchell wrote:
> 
> Hi there.  I doubt anyone else has run into this problem, but you never
> know.  I've upgraded several machines to Linux 2.4.1 especially because it
> supports UIDs over 65535 (2.2 didn't).  While that's great, ps is giving
> me this kinda error:
> 
> root@server:~# /bin/ps -u biguser
> ps: error: User ID out of range.
> 
> I've upgraded to procps version 2.0.7 (the latest according to Freshmeat)
> but that didn't fix it.
> 
> According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes I am up to date with all
> software revisions with the exception of:
> 
> util-linux (maybe...)
> e2fsprogs (1.19 is recommended, I have 1.18)
> 
> Any ideas out there?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Kevin

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