Jukka Marin drunkenly mumbled...
> 
> NetBSD whines if you try to use UID or GID greater than USHRT_MAX (see
> passwd.c in libutil).  I don't know if these checks could simply be removed
> or if there's code than expects UID and GID to fit in a 16-bit int somewhere.

there is only one way to find out.  change the limits and see what happens.
i don't currently have a NetBSD system here, so i can't try it.  if no-one
ever does try it, i will once i get NetBSD up and running.

-brian

-- 
The fundamental difference between Unix and the Macintosh operating system is
that Unix was designed to please programmers, whereas the Mac was designed to 
please users. (Windows, on the other hand, was designed to please accountants, 
but that's another story.)
				--The UNIX-HATERS Handbook

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