From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: UNIX version 2*pi
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:46:07 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710181344050.30357@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <07b401d34775$14e230b0$3ea69210$@ronnatalie.com>
On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Ron Natalie wrote:
> The BRL/JHU kernel was based on V6. It had a kludge to allow more that
> 256 users but eventually, we widened the UID/GID to 16 bits each. We then
> added a the ability to mount either V6 or V7 file systems (we had a lot of
> removable V6 FS media).
We dropped the GID (nobody used them) and glued it onto the UID, thus
making it 16-bit.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-18 2:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-16 11:58 [TUHS} Running V8 Doug McIlroy
2017-10-16 15:41 ` Don Hopkins
2017-10-17 11:47 ` Tony Finch
2017-10-17 14:30 ` Larry McVoy
2017-10-17 14:50 ` Don Hopkins
2017-10-16 16:28 ` Clem Cole
2017-10-16 16:39 ` [TUHS} Running V8 ... [ really basic tools ] Jon Steinhart
2017-10-16 19:16 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-10-16 19:28 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-10-17 1:15 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-10-17 4:20 ` UNIX version 2*pi Don Hopkins
2017-10-17 6:08 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-10-17 18:23 ` Ron Natalie
2017-10-18 2:46 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2017-10-18 10:15 ` Ron Natalie
2017-10-16 16:38 ` [TUHS} Running V8 Will Senn
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