max UID on redhat7.0

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:13:57AM -0400, Douglas Melniker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know how I can change the max UID that redhat 7 allows? My uid
> at work is >125000 and when I bind to the NIS server, it doesn't let me
> login (with a setuid() failed message in the log). A friend with a lower
> uid could log in.

IIRC, you need to run a recent 2.4 kernel.  2.2 kernels only support
16-bit UIDs, but I believe the 2.4 series supports larger UIDs.

You might also have a problem with NIS, but I can't speak to that.
Haven't tried it.  I have successfully added a local user with a large
UID to at least one of my RH 7.1 systems (running I believe RH's 2.4.3
kernel at the time) not too long ago.

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