Bug#510635: glibc: 32 bits uid/gid overflow

2009-01-04 Thread Aurelien Jarno
forcemerge 483645 510635 thanks On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 11:47:34PM +0100, Yannis Aribaud wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.7-16 > Severity: normal > File: glibc > > > Hi, > > I was working on setting nss-pgsql on my system when I discovered this bug. > It seems that uid/gid use 32 bits integ

Bug#510635: glibc: 32 bits uid/gid overflow

2009-01-03 Thread Yannis Aribaud
Package: libc6 Version: 2.7-16 Severity: normal File: glibc Hi, I was working on setting nss-pgsql on my system when I discovered this bug. It seems that uid/gid use 32 bits integer and if a uid/gid is set bigger than (2^32)-1, their is an overflow. For example I have done this: # echo "toto: