[X-Unix] Backdoor method to add users

[Mike Jezierski]

We, being the cheapskates we are, intend to run OS X Client as a 
server OS. We don't see the point in spend loads of dosh on a 
"server" OS when you don't get any additional benefit other than a 
lighter checkbook. If Apple put a user limit in Mac OS X without 
telling us, I would consider that an Extremely Bad Move (R) ...

>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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