Linux-Hams archive - January 1997: Re: PMS

Re: PMS

David Brooke (wbgfe.dgzdckfjm@kerailya.tunkki.fi)
Thu, 2 Jan 1997 00:06:13 GMT


In article <pinhpqd.zmvchpfah@tedis.com.au>,
ezzqylb@i-2000.net (David J Brown) writes:
>Yep I did note that. I wonder if other people dont have the 'nobody' entry
>in passwd. Infact I am trying to remember why I have it... probably

I remember having to add it for something, probably CERN httpd, so it's
not in there by default.

>I still have the code in an editor somewhere.. so I'll have a look. -2 would
>also translate to another UID (are uid's unsigned 16 shorts?).

Yeah, it was just a hack to get it working for me. I think they are 16 bit
which means -2 = 65534 (should upset any mathematicians) but I'm no expert.

Good luck!

Dave