> -rw-r--r-- 1 4294967294 4294967294 71 Jul 7 02:06 > nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false That does indeed correspond: both equal "-2", the former modulo 2^32, the latter modulo 2^16. Apparently, local UIDs are in 2's complement with 16 bits, while for NFS they are with 32 bits. -- Peter.