Package: login Version: 1:4.1.1-1 Architecture: alpha Creating an user-account and changing the UID via vipw to "4294967296" (Which is 2^32) results in an overflow and the user gets the UID=0, an UID of "4294967297" leads to an UID=1 and so on.
$ grep test /etc/passwd test:x:4294967296:5000:,,,:/home/test:/bin/bash $ su - test Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# id uid=0(root) gid=5000(test) groups=5000(test) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a Linux testbox 2.6.21-2-alpha-generic #1 Thu Jul 12 03:14:26 UTC 2007 alpha GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/debian_version lenny/sid If I can provide further info or testing, no problem, just ask :-) Regards, Oliver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]