Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One idea is just a straightforward file somewhere in the filesystem
> that holds an index of inode numbers and UIDs.

Will we use 64-bit UIDs on 64-bit systems?  If so, we should use 64 bit
wide UID fields on 32-bit machines as well, thus staying compatible,
right?

Cheers,
GNU/Wolfgang

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