Mike wrote:
>
> Hi.
> Can i change the USER_ID in the passwd file to something bigger then the
> last user_id ?
> i meen :
> usr1:x:510::::
> usr2:x:6000::::
> usr3:x:511:::
>
> Will it damage my system ?
>
> Mike
Hi Mike,
That should not be a problem. Your only limited by how the user id's
are stored internally. Does anyone know if they are 32-bit integers or
16 bit integers? If they are 16-bit unsigned then you can go as
high as 65535.
I actually stratify the uid's of my users; that is I place my local
user's uid's within a certain range, my remote users (i.e. one's not
part of our
organization) in another range, and my system accounts within a certain
range
(not my idea of course). The main thing is you don't want to make it
hard on yourself to find the "next" uid.
..james
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