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Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:47:41 -0500
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
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Subject: uid > 64k
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Corinna,

there was again a report of uid > 64k.
 
Why don't we patch mkpasswd to keep uids below 64k until Cygwin 
switches to uid32 ?

I thought this issue had been debated before I got involved but
I don't find a discussion in the mail archives.

Pierre