Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:54:01 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing kern.ngroups Message-ID: <20060523115401.72c0e6f6@vixen42.vulpes> In-Reply-To: <44730C12.5020102@mac.com> References: <20060522231116.00e336b7@vixen42.vulpes> <44730C12.5020102@mac.com>
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On Tue, 23 May 2006 09:20:18 -0400 Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > Vulpes Velox wrote: > > I am really running across the need to change this to something > > higher than 16. > > > > I was just wondering if there is any specific reason it is set so > > low and any thing to worry about when bumping it up? > > The limit is historical, but various protocols like NFS have the # > of groups limit embedded into their specifications. Trying to > change this limit may result in odd behavior, such as user accounts > not being recognized as being in their "primary" group, ie the one > listed in /etc/passwd.... Cool. Any suggestion on what to do if I do want to change it?
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