Wolfgang Jährling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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?
The width has to be the same everywhere. There *are* more people in the world than fit in a 32-bit UID, but I'm not sure that's a factor. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
