> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> Linux does not recognice more than 39000 users
>
> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
> We are running a freemail-server on a Linux-box. Everything worked fine
> until there were less than 38999 user registrated on that system.
> Since the 39000th user where added, he isn't recogniced by the system. He
> was added with useradd, is included in /etc/passwd:
>
> layla:x:39198:100:Mailbenutzer:/home/layla:/bin/bash
>
This should be reported to whomever provided your 'SYS-V' utilities
such as /bin/login, etc. Linux doesn't "know" about users, only UID/GID
(numbers) once they've been resolved by the login utilities.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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