Windows vs. Linux security

[Kurt Wall]

In a 0.6K blaze of typing glory, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> harley7 at mnsi.net wrote:
> 
> >Here's a nice explanation of the flaws in Windows' design vs. the Unix
> >design.
> >http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1505008,00.asp
> >
> While I'm usually first in line to sing the praises of Linux and Unix 
> security, I sure wish we could beat this 64k limit on users and groups.  
> If integrating to NDS, they can have millions of ID's.  How do I deal 
> with authentication against that?  Well, manually you can be sure.  That 
> stinks.

LDAP. 64-bit {G,U}IDs and tools and idioms that can deal with them.

Kurt
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