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From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
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Subject: Re: Changing maximum number of groups in FBSD - is it feasible?
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On 12/7/05, Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm toying with the idea of increasing the maximum number of groups a use=
r can
> belong to on one of my servers - we have a rather complex organisation an=
d
> we're hitting the 15 group limit for some people.

Have you considered cascading groups? That's the normal workaround on
Enterprise Unix systems like HP-UX and Solaris.

Instead of putting everyong in "group", do this instead.

group:*:100:group1,group2
group1:*:101:user1,user2
group2:*:102:user3, user4

Thus, the users are all transitively in group, and you work around the limi=
t.

Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>