too many predefined UID/GID values? [was: OpenLDAP for OpenSolaris]

[Glenn Brunette]

John Plocher wrote:
> Darren J Moffat wrote:
>> That is called an incompatible change for Solaris. 
> 
> Since there is more and more support for making OpenSolaris
> a "Major (but lets not be stupid when doing it) Release",
> I don't see this as a showstopper.
> 
>> What if a customer already has an account with a uid/gid >= 100 and we 
>> add "reserved" account ?  Answer "BOOM! bad things happen".
> 
> The same bad things happen if the user has MacOS and/or Linux
> systems on their network today.
> 
> I'd argue that this is a place where "Linux Familiarity" trumps
> "the way we always have done things" and we should consider
> raising the reserved UID space.  Having only a 100 reserved UIDs
> is getting to be a bit tight.

Definitely agree.  +1

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