Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:44:22 +0200 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: kostikbel@gmail.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group limits (REAL limits) Message-ID: <20070207134421.GF3304@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <20070207120948.N31858@mp2.macomnet.net> References: <45C95C04.6060402@centtech.com> <20070207120948.N31858@mp2.macomnet.net>
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--m1UC1K4AOz1Ywdkx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:17:51PM +0300, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, 22:56-0600, Eric Anderson wrote: >=20 > > 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). >=20 > Make sure you have rev. 1.32.8.3 of lib/libc/gen/getgrent.c. It was very strange thing with buggy code generated by compiler. I tracked = it down to exact assembler instruction missed in Mr. Anderson' instance of libc.so. After that, conversation stopped. --m1UC1K4AOz1Ywdkx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFyde1C3+MBN1Mb4gRAh06AJ9BpeH1gAXKGcJCgknfJY/GeQ+ISgCgm7dG YDa7SsqaZFb159BHUI79AUI= =Um8b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --m1UC1K4AOz1Ywdkx--
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