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Old 04-07-2009
UIDs in /etc/passwd file
Hi all,

I am bit confused about UIDs on my server where LDAP athentication happens. UIDs are generally in the range of 0-65534 for any Solaris OS version(correct if i am wrong). My server is running on Solaris 9. Below are user accounts available on my server.

kumars94:x:802575120:502::/export/home/kumars94:/bin/sh
shetyeaa:x:802575121:502::/export/home/shetyeaa:/bin/sh
saddiv:x:802575122:502::/export/home/saddiv:/bin/sh

In Solaris Student guide, it is given like UIDs above 65535 will not be having enough privileges as normal user who have their UIDs below 65534. Could you please explainSmilie .......
# 2  
Old 04-07-2009
why dont you try logging in as any of the users mentioned and see what priviledge its missing or is there "permission denied" kind of error prompted by the system for any commands
# 3  
Old 04-07-2009
The maximum UID has been raised to 2147483648 since Solaris 2.5.1( around 1996).

I'm not aware of any privilege restrictions linked to uids, outside specific ones like 60000, 60002 and 65534 in the context of NFS.
# 4  
Old 04-07-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
The maximum UID has been raised to 2147483648 since Solaris 2.5.1( around 1996).

I'm not aware of any privilege restrictions linked to uids, outside specific ones like 60000, 60002 and 65534 in the context of NFS.
great information.. you googled it somewhere?Smilie
# 5  
Old 04-07-2009
Google is not (yet?) informed of what I'm aware of or not ...
# 6  
Old 04-07-2009
I am aware of HP-UX NFS servers (serving NFS V3) that do not support UID's of over 64,000 (probably is actually a maximum of 65,536).
# 7  
Old 04-09-2009
Thanks for your updates....

I do not have root access on my server and that too all user accounts work fine as per my knowledge.....because one of those accounts is my collegue's account which is working fine.

Note -
The maximum value for a UID is
2147483647. However, the UIDs over 60000 do not
have full utility and are incompatible with some
Solaris OS features. Avoid using UIDs over 60000
so as to be compatible with earlier versions of the
operating system.

Above is the note taken from Solaris Student guide.

From above note, any idea on "Do not have full utility and are incompatible with some OS features" means?????

Thanks in advance........
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