Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:48:04 -0500 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> To: Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing maximum number of groups in FBSD - is it feasible? Message-ID: <fb6605670512071048h4235c584l48574cda7a2214a2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200512071741.57495.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> References: <200512071741.57495.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>
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On 12/7/05, Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm toying with the idea of increasing the maximum number of groups a use= r can > belong to on one of my servers - we have a rather complex organisation an= d > we're hitting the 15 group limit for some people. Have you considered cascading groups? That's the normal workaround on Enterprise Unix systems like HP-UX and Solaris. Instead of putting everyong in "group", do this instead. group:*:100:group1,group2 group1:*:101:user1,user2 group2:*:102:user3, user4 Thus, the users are all transitively in group, and you work around the limi= t. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
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