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Subject: Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users. 
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>Number:         20985
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    sheldonh
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 01 12:10:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:    Mon Sep 4 04:40:41 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon Sep 04 04:43:23 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Len Williams
>Release:        3.3
>Organization:
A+Net Internet Services, Inc.
>Environment:
FreeBSD webmail.fiberia.com 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Nov 24 18:50:51 PST 1999     root@webmail.fiberia.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/WEBMAIL  i386
>Description:
pwd_mkdb generates the following error upon reaching uid of 65535. Will increasing "maxusers" resolve this?

pwd_mkdb: 128025 > max uid value (65535)
pwd_mkdb: 128026 > max uid value (65535)
pwd_mkdb: 128027 > max uid value (65535)
pwd_mkdb: 128028 > max uid value (65535)
pwd_mkdb: 128029 > max uid value (65535)
pwd_mkdb: 128030 > max uid value (65535)
>How-To-Repeat:
Generate /etc/passwd with more than 65535 users and run "pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd" or "pwd_mkdb passwd"
>Fix:
?

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To: lenwilliams@aplus.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/20985: Cannot create pwd.db with passwd file exceeding 65535 users.
Date: 04 Sep 2000 11:14:06 +0200

 lenwilliams@aplus.net writes:
 > pwd_mkdb generates the following error upon reaching uid of 65535.
 
 It's just a warning. Some file systems (e.g. NFS) can't handle UIDs
 above 65535.
 
 > Will increasing "maxusers" resolve this?
 
 No.
 
 DES
 -- 
 Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Mon Sep 4 04:40:41 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
If the warnings bug you, pwd_mkdb(8) in FreeBSD 3.5-RELEASE  
and above support an environment variable, PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS, 
in the presence of which the warnings are silenced. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->sheldonh 
Responsible-Changed-By: sheldonh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Sep 4 04:40:41 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Added PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS. 

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