Re: Mapping of RIDs to uid_t and gid_t

Gerald W. Carter (cartegw@Eng.Auburn.EDU)
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:54:14 -0600 (CST)

Date:	Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:54:14 -0600 (CST)
From:	"Gerald W. Carter" <cartegw@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
To:	Luke Leighton <lkcl@cb1.com>
Subject: Re: Mapping of RIDs to uid_t and gid_t
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980404155000.10497A-100000@cb1-gw.cb1.com>

On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, David Collier-Brown wrote:
>
> > Or are they like
> > Unix uids and gids, separate and each populated
> > starting with zero?
>
> what do you mean by this?
>

For example, root user has a uid of 0 and the root ( or wheel ) group has
a gid of 0. These are totally difference number spaces. I think this is
what he means.

j-
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