getting UID higher that 99999

[The_Eye_In_The_Sky]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Saturday 17 June 2006 21:43, The_Eye_In_The_Sky wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Bad luck I'm afraid. AFAIK the UIDs on Linux are 16 bit, so they go up 
> to 65535.
> 
> Somewhere in the back of my mind I remember reading something about 32 
> bit uids but don't recall where. Google for "32 bit uid linux" and 
> see what turns up

Sorry for the late reply, I was travelling without reliable Internet 
connection.

The problem of limited UID here is specific for Ubuntu only. My other 
Linux laptop are using Centos 4.x, Fedora Core 1-4, RHEL 4.x, and Java 
Desktop System R2 and R3. All of them can address my UID when I created 
my own account, which is 130217.
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