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Highest normal usable UID/GID is 65535, not 65536.

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PR:		docs/61625
Submitted by:	Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz>
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Simon L. B. Nielsen 2004-01-20 13:39:52 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.sgml
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<term>User ID (UID)</term>
<listitem>
<para>The UID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to uniquely identify
<para>The UID is a number from 0 to 65535 used to uniquely identify
the user to the system. Internally, FreeBSD uses the UID to
identify users&mdash;any FreeBSD commands that allow you to
specify a user name will convert it to the UID before working with
@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
<term>Group ID (GID)</term>
<listitem>
<para>The GID is a number from 0 to 65536 used to uniquely identify
<para>The GID is a number from 0 to 65535 used to uniquely identify
the primary group that the user belongs to. Groups are a
mechanism for controlling access to resources based on a user's
GID rather than their UID. This can significantly reduce the size