Re: Max groups at 32?

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 22:39:40 EST


Austin Gonyou wrote:

>I'm not sure if this is a Linux capabilities problem, a PAM problem, or
>what, but I've noticed that If I add a user to > 32 groups...that user
>cannot access anything in a directory owned by a group > the 32nd group.
>
>

Yes. It's a hardcoded limit that requires a recompile of both the
kernel and glibc to change.

    Jeff

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