Limit of number of users in linux

[LinuxeD]

Hi guys, Its been a great pleasure to be in touch with this site. Well i have one more noob questions, hope you guys won't laugh. I want to know what is maximum limit of number of users in linux?

[Rudra.J]

The maximum number of users that a linux operating system can have is distribution independent and it depends on the linux kernel, the maximum numbers of PID that could be created on linux kernel 2.4 was 65535.

[Solomon]

The Linux Kernel 2.6 has the capacity to allow 4 billion users. Linux kernel 2.4 had the capacity of 65535 as said by Rudra.J.

[LinuxeD]

Thanks guys, i did not knew that it depends on the kernel version, i always thought that it depends on the distribution you are using, thanks for the information...