From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 7 04:56:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2583A16A406 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD41613C4A3 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:56:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l174ubBl047208; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 22:56:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <45C95C04.6060402@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:56:36 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2529/Tue Feb 6 13:25:02 2007 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh2.centtech.com Cc: kostikbel@gmail.com Subject: /etc/group limits (REAL limits) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:56:42 -0000 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). Thanks! Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------