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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:23:05 +0200
From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
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Cc: Michael Christie <michael@powerzone.net.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Group Limits
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:24:02AM +0200, Roland Smith typed:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:32:23AM +1000, Michael Christie wrote:

> > Can any one advise me how to expand the number of groups allow on
> > freebsd I think my default it is 16, I need to make it 50 to 100
> 
> The number 16 is from /usr/include/sys/syslimits.h. But my /etc/group
> has 37 groups without problems.

That's not the point.
The limit is not on the total number of groups, but on the number of
groups a user can be a member of.

Ruben