Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:17:51 +0300 (MSK) From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: kostikbel@gmail.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group limits (REAL limits) Message-ID: <20070207120948.N31858@mp2.macomnet.net> In-Reply-To: <45C95C04.6060402@centtech.com> References: <45C95C04.6060402@centtech.com>
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, 22:56-0600, Eric Anderson wrote: > On one of my boxes where I have a decent amount of (less than 50) > users in a few groups, I finally hit the limit. Not 1024 bytes > though (that I know of). When that happens though, it is sooner than > expected, and tools (like 'id') seg fault (and core dump). > > I have a sample group, and it appears to be hitting the byte limit. > If I add a single additional character to the group, it will break > things. > It appears to be a combination of multiple groups. > > Can someone with some experience in this area comment? I can send > the group file itself if needed. > > This box is 6.2-PRERELEASE from about mid-September. I have also > seen some issues on amd64, which I went through some debugging with > Konstantin Belousov back in November (cc'ed). Make sure you have rev. 1.32.8.3 of lib/libc/gen/getgrent.c. -- Maxim Konovalov
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