Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 19:39:44 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Whitehead <jnwhiteh@demeter.syr.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Group/User limitations Message-ID: <20020620193057.F27175-100000@demeter.syr.edu>
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In my current setup on FreeBSD 4.5, I have the following needs..
I have 250+ users who actively upload their new developments onto the
webserver. Each user belongs to a group which is the same as their
username (standard). Each directory is owned by the creating user, and is
group owned by an abstract group (such as "healthdept", or "boxoffice").
This is to allow multiple users to edit the same files, and keep
permissions intact.
I have an administrator of the web directories, who is NOT and should NOT
be an admin of the machine. He should belong to all of the abstract
groups, so he can make changes as necessary.
I'm wondering if a user has a limitation on the amount of groups they can
belong to. I have not been able to get any more than the default group
(username) and another 15 group ownerships. (Checking this through id -Gn
username).
At first I thought that "id" wasn't showing more than the 16 groups, but I
tested the permissions on one of the grouped directories that wasn't
displayed, and i wasn't able to make the changes.
Does anyone know if there is a limitation on groups?
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