Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:50:23 -0600 From: "Parker Anderson" <baka.rob@gmail.com> To: "Dan Casey" <dcasey@debtresolve.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adjusting NGROUPS_MAX constant Message-ID: <ff4d9d1d0701161850w29d55f7n3b055f36ec846fbd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45AD7795.2060100@debtresolve.com> References: <45AD7795.2060100@debtresolve.com>
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Hello Dan, On 1/16/07, Dan Casey <dcasey@debtresolve.com> wrote: > I am running into trouble with users who are in more then 16 groups. I > fail to ssh in with the following message: > sshd[96785]: initgroups(username,1002): Invalid argument > > sysctl -a kern.ngroups > kern.ngroups: 16 > > Is there any reason why I should not raise NGROUPS_MAX in the following > two files? > > /usr/include/sys/syslimits.h > /usr/src/sys/sys/syslimits.h > > > What could I accidentally break.. Or should I say, is there a good > reason why the number 16 is hard coded in there? I found another post on this: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2005-05/1086.html The poster outlines 3 potential issues, including issues with NFS with an NGROUPS_MAX value above 16. I'm not sure if those are still issues (e.g. I don't use NFS), but that may be why the values have been set that way by default. I hope that thread helps! Sincerely, -Parker
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