Subject: Re: max uid
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/11/1997 12:10:44
Jukka Marin writes:
> The maximum uid value of USHRT_MAX seems to be set in several places
> of NetBSD (1.2).  I found the same limit in the libutil routines.
> Will this be changed?

It will be changed faster if you submit a PR... :)
...and even faster than that if the PR contains patches... :)

> Another similar problem is with the network statistics which use 32-bit
> counters which wrap around quite soon.  I filed a PR about this years
> ago, but I think the problem is still there.

Which PR is it? Does it contain patches? If so, I'll have a go at it
or nag someone who could...

Perry