> tags 147280 wontfix > retitle 147280 [TO CLOSE 20050405] passwd: newusers finds max userid as base > - on debian there is nobody user with 65534 uid > thanks > > As far as I know, assigning UIDs over 65534 is no more a problem, so I > suppose that the bug you reported should now be closed. > Do you have any objection to this? I think that the original problem, with treating max userid as base, should be fixed. One can easily imagine someone creating uid==2**32, besides such behaviour is a bit unelegant. It should search for lowest available userid, or at least this behaviour should be configurable.
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