[bug #64900] Cannot search for files/folders with user/group id bigger than 2147483647

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                 Summary: Cannot search for files/folders with user/group id
bigger than 2147483647
                   Group: findutils
               Submitter: jlesage
               Submitted: Thu 16 Nov 2023 01:49:03 PM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 4.9.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None


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Date: Thu 16 Nov 2023 01:49:03 PM UTC By: Jocelyn Le Sage <jlesage>
The _find_ utility considers the numerical value of a user/group id as a
signed integer.  This is wrong since linux supports unsigned 32 bits numerical
IDs.

Thus, the maximum ID that can be provided to _find_ is 2147483647.  With an ID
higher than that, _find_ fails with the error *Result not representable*.  For
example:

# find /tmp -user 2147483647
# find /tmp -user 2147483648
find: 2147483648: Result not representable

Using higher ID is supported by Linux.  Here is another example illustrating
the problem.

# touch /tmp/test
# chown 3634365583:3634365583 /tmp/test
# ls -l /tmp/test
-rw-r--r-- 1 3634365583 3634365583 0 Nov 14 15:10 /tmp/test
# find /tmp -user 3634365583
find: 3634365583: Result not representable

I would expect _find_ to be able to handle an ID of _ 3634365583_.

Here is the version of _find_ I'm using:

find --version
find (GNU findutils) 4.9.0
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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