[X-Unix] Backdoor method to add users

[William H. Magill]

On 21 Feb, 2004, at 16:02, luke wrote:
> On Friday, February 20, 2004, at 11:59  AM, Mike Jezierski wrote:
>
>> We have an OS X 10.3.2 box (DP 450 G4) and it has 99 users accounts 
>> set up on it. I am not aware of any hard limit on OS X on number of 
>> users.
>>
>> When we click + to add a user, nothing happens. We removed a user, 
>> and tried to add another, and still nothing happens.
>
> almost sounds like a licensing limit...
>
> eg: OS X client will only allow 99 users, but OS X server allows 
> unlimited?

That is probably the "limit" of a 2 character field in the GUI. ... 
i.e. a "feature."
(Some would call it a "bug.")

Remember, OS X Client, is really intended as a single user system, so 
"nobody" would ever need more than a two digit field's worth of users. 
... any more than they would ever need more than 640K of memory. :)

OS X Server has a license limit of 10 users or "unlimited." However, I 
don't believe that is based on the number of userids  existing, but 
rather on the number of logins -- Don't know, never worked with the 
license limited version.



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