Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:58:34 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: auth sys and 16 group limit for NFS Message-ID: <560E635A.8070505@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <AC96254B-1594-4915-9062-7ABF5E856339@gmail.com> References: <AC96254B-1594-4915-9062-7ABF5E856339@gmail.com>
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On 02/10/2015 00:51, aurfalien wrote: > Hi, > > First, excuse me if this is not posted on the right list. > > I’ve been hitting this limit for a few years now, working around it > by simply managing LDAP group membership. But was curious if the > only way to fix is moving to kerberos for auth? > > Some sites say its no longer an issue in FreeBSD 9/later and newer > Linux kernels of the same vintage. > > But I am still hitting it. > > Curious of the community has some words of wisdom etc… The limit is part of the RFC specification of NFS for versions < 4. I think the usual advice is "use NFSv4" if you need more than 16 groups. I have no personal experience with NFSv4 though. > > Thanks in advance, > - aurf > > "Janitorial Services" :-) -- Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to GOTO 1
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