Long machine names...

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 21 May 1998, Tim Winders wrote:

> 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.


oh yes they do.