X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:18:56 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: useradd & user ids
Message-ID: <20060421151856.GB23157@calimero.vinschen.de>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <4447CD75 DOT 9030505 AT elementcxi DOT com> <Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 63 DOT 0604201523160 DOT 10467 AT access1 DOT cims DOT nyu DOT edu> <44481791 DOT 6000902 AT elementcxi DOT com> <Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 63 DOT 0604210111260 DOT 7174 AT access1 DOT cims DOT nyu DOT edu> <20060421094115 DOT GB12661 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 63 DOT 0604211109320 DOT 26305 AT access1 DOT cims DOT nyu DOT edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0604211109320.26305@access1.cims.nyu.edu>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Apr 21 11:11, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> 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 [...]

You should see the RIDs in big installations with > 100.000 users...

>   Plus, I didn't know
> it was called the RID. :-)  Thanks for the correction.

You didn't have a look into http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html
lately, I assume.  The RID is mentioned right at the start. ;-)


Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader          cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/