Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 06:54:29 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT dilnet DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: Yves Pouplard <yvp AT bigfoot DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

..
> >uid=42(dosuser), gid=42(dos)
> >ce qui me laisse pantois. Pas vous ?
> Sorry, but I don't speak French either. But yes, many functions which are
> meaningless on DOS, including getgid(), getuid(), etc., return 42 as the
> user or group ID. This maps to a user named `dosuser'. So of course this
> shows up in the `id' command. Rather clever, IMHO.

Why 42? is that because this is the meaning of life, etc (douglas adams'
book)?

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