Well the user id field in the password file is an unsigned int, i.e. 32bits on a PC...
So .. lots ! Course, it may be limited by other considerations..lol Cliff I think I remember reading somewhere that because users have 16bit uid's > by default, the maximum is 64k or so (65,536). But you can have 32bit > uid's if you're brave I also believe. > > Cheers, > Corey J. Popelier > http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Sathish C wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > can anybody tell me tha maximum number of users that can be created on > > debian linux if there i sany such limit. > > Please don't say that as many users as in any other linux, because I > > don't know how many can be users created on other variants of linux > > also. > > > > Please tell me how I can find such details. I searched in the man pages( > > useradd) but I could not. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Bye > > Kilaru > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
