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To: Erik Fair <security-officer@NetBSD.ORG>
Cc: tech-security@NetBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: SunOS/Solaris "nobody" UID versus NetBSD's "nobody" UID
References: <v04210116b458c2bb6e62@[216.240.40.200]>  <Pine.GSO.4.05.9911180113060.7482-100000@rfhs8036>  <19991118122023.D2558@cs.hut.fi> <v0421011db45a9876f5f5@[216.240.40.200]>
From: root@ihack.net (Charles M. Hannum)
Date: 22 Nov 1999 21:34:50 -0500
In-Reply-To: Erik Fair's message of "Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:10:27 -0800"
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Erik Fair <security-officer@NetBSD.ORG> writes:

> If we say "no", then we should change "nobody" to "-2" for better 
> consistency with the rest of the world (not to mention our own 
> mountd).

As the very least, with 32-bit uids, that will cause interesting quota
file sizes...