Re: Kernel 2.2.x and ext2 fs

Rik van Riel (riel@nl.linux.org)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:07:55 +0100 (CET)


On 10 Mar 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> By author: Tom Tom Tom <dumbkid@wt.net>
> >
> > See, as long as I did not remount the harddrive, the
> > UID will be correct.
> >
> > Is this the kernel or fs-tools problem?
>
> It's an ext2 filesystem issue. The current version of ext2 (on Linux)
> doesn't support large UIDs. The fix should be quite straightforward,
> since ext2 already supports large [UG]IDs on some non-Linux systems.

We should probably start fixing all non-obtrusive things
right now so that 32-bit UIDs can be implemented quickly,
or at least be distributed as a non-obtrusive patch...

Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control over your own data.
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