Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:07:19 +0000 From: ttw+bsd@cobbled.net To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Subject: Re: removal of NGROUPS_MAX dependancy from base Message-ID: <20090222110719.GA16634@holyman.cobbled.net> Resent-Message-ID: <20090222114153.A739A1031D@holyman.cobbled.net> In-Reply-To: <49A0F57E.2030506@elischer.org> References: <20090213115426.GA15211@holyman.cobbled.net> <49A0F57E.2030506@elischer.org>
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On 21.02-22:49, Julian Elischer wrote: [ ... ] > >this patch should remove the dependancy on the definition of > >NGROUPS_MAX as a static constant and implement it as a writable > >sysconf variable of the same. it should also make the necessary > >changes to the codebase to support those. [ ... ] > What do you do about NFS? > I seem to remember that NFWS had a maximum number of groups supported.. NFS will be supported by mapping 16 groups into the auth_unix structure dynamically. my intention is to try and make this transparent by allocating moving the 'most used' groups into that mapping as user processes check them, however, this is very conceptual at the moment and needs more thought as well as validation from others with more experience.
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