Long machine names...
Tim Winders
twinders at SPC.cc.tx.us
Thu May 21 18:06:00 GMT 1998
On Thu, 21 May 1998, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > A typical unix system cannot
> > have a uid larger than 65534 (or something like that). If the key is to
> > keep rids unique, why not have samba generate the rid using a number that
> > is greater than the largest possible uid? If you do that, you don't have
> > to worry about duplicate uid/rid conficts etc. I am sure I am missing
> > something here and you/jeremy will point it out...
>
> yes: you need a mapping function.
These trust accounts do not NEED a real unix account. So, what are you
mapping?
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