On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:48:35AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:13:13AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > However, the idea of one UID per daemon is (IMHO) a really horrible > > solution, too, as you end up having more UIDs for daemons then > > users. > > Why is that a problem? There are 65536 available UIDs. >
And 2^32 when 32-bit UIDs become more widespread. Anand -- Linux.Conf.Au -- http://linux.conf.au/ 17th - 20th January, -- Alan Cox, David Miller, Sydney, Australia -- Tridge, maddog and you?