AV> On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Khimenko Victor wrote:
>> 27-Nov-98 15:38 you wrote:
>> > pjb1008@cam.ac.uk (Peter Benie) writes:
>>
>> |>> H. Peter Anvin writes ("Re: High UID support for Linux"):
>> |>> > Followup to: <E0zioU5-0000tA-00@taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk>
>> |>> > By author: pjb1008@cam.ac.uk (Peter Benie)
>> |>> > [snip - hack to get getpwuid(getuid()) to work.
>> |>> >
>> |>> > I don't think this is beneficial. Any uid/gid-aware program is going
>> |>> > to have to deal. There just isn't a way around it. Fortunately not
>> |>> > too many programs really care about uid/gid's.
>> |>>
>> |>> I strongly disagree. _Lots_ of programs care about _your_ home
>> |>> directory so they can look for configuration files and don't use uids
>> |>> for anything else.
>>
>> > They will just use getenv("HOME"). No need for uid.
>>
>> Great but what to do with already written programs ?
AV> Patch them?
When you have no sources ? GREAT idea !
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