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Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:33:30 -0500
From:	"Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: HEADSUP everyone: 32/64bit changes are commited
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 
> 
> Pierre,
> 
> First off, there is a patch (in?) that allows sparse files on NT+, so it
> may not be that much of a deal on those systems (unless the indices are
> dense enough, which is not going to happen).  Is the above likely to be a
> problem on Win9x?

Good point.
On Win9x mkpasswd limits the uid to 64k, so not a real problem. 
Are sparse files available on all NT versions and all file systems?

> Secondly, is lastlog accessed through a uniform interface (library), or
> does every application implement its own?

Apparently the latter. I couldn't find any standard.

Pierre

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