Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:17:29 +0200 From: Roberto Nunnari <roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: max number of groups a user can be member of Message-ID: <44C4D679.602@supsi.ch>
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Hi everybody. Could anybody tell me the reason why by default FreeBSD limits the number of groups a user can be member of to 16? Not all servers have 5000k users and today memory is not an issue. Indeed, some servers used just for services have no users apart a few staff users and users to run the services.. Once you reach the limit on an existing server, apart from modifying NGROUPS_MAX and rebuilding a new kernel, you also need to rebuild/reinstall all applications.. That's not nice. Also, modifying NGROUPS_MAX in /usr/src/sys/sys/syslimits.h means that every time you update your sources, you must reedit the file.. Please correct me if I'm wrong and cast some light on this issue. Please also reply to my mailbox as I'm not on the list. Best regards. -- Robi
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