Re: Word "save to server" bug solved

On 2006-06-25 11:24:36 +0100, "Dave Provine" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Many people, but not all, have run into the Save to Server bug with OS
10.4 and servers. The solution has been identified and is somewhat
easily implemented.

The problem is explained here-

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302979

The local UID on the user's computer needs to be changed away from the
default 501 or 502.

If you open Terminal on their computer while they're logged in, and
type "id" without quotes, it should return something like this-

uid=1025(provine) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff)

If the uid is 501 or 502, that's bad. Change it to something much
higher like 5263214. It can be a large number. It just has to be
Globally Unique.

(Excellent information BTW)

The maximum uid value is 2^32 on Darwin, ie 4294967296.

I wonder why MS didn't use the guid that is associated with an OS X account instead?

Cheers,

Chris

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