Re: 16 bit UIDs

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Wolfgang Jährling <wolfgang@pro-linux.de> writes:

> Thomas Bushnell, BSG <tb@becket.net> wrote:
> > One idea is just a straightforward file somewhere in the filesystem
> > that holds an index of inode numbers and UIDs.
> 
> Will we use 64-bit UIDs on 64-bit systems?  If so, we should use 64 bit
> wide UID fields on 32-bit machines as well, thus staying compatible,
> right?

The width has to be the same everywhere.  There *are* more people in
the world than fit in a 32-bit UID, but I'm not sure that's a factor.