netbsd-bugs: Re: bin/18222: patch to allow a uid or gid of (-2) matching default NFS mapping for remote root users

Subject: Re: bin/18222: patch to allow a uid or gid of (-2) matching default NFS mapping for remote root users
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/07/2002 15:51:08

[ On Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 19:23:10 (+0100), David Laight wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: bin/18222: patch to allow a uid or gid of (-2) matching default NFS mapping for remote root users
>
> > >Synopsis:       patch to allow a uid or gid of (-2) matching default
> >		   NFS mapping for remote root users
> > 
> > 	increase UID_MAX and GID_MAX to (UINT_MAX-1)
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to use (~(uid_t)0 - 1) and (~(gid_t)0 - 1) ?

Yes, I suppose it would!  Thanks!

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