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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Apr 21 01:15, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > Besides, the default mapping is to take the last 4 digits of the SID
> > for the UID for local users, and 10000 + the last 4 digits of the SID
> > for domain users,
>
> Nope, it takes the complete RID as uid or gid, even if it's > 9999.

Sorry, I should have said "the last part of the SID, which is usually 4
digits (but isn't for some users, notably SYSTEM)".  Plus, I didn't know
it was called the RID. :-)  Thanks for the correction.
	Igor
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