Re: max number of groups 32?

2000-09-08 Thread kmself 
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 09:48:15AM +0300, Madarasz Karoly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:
 Hello!
 
 I try to add users to groups with adduser, and usermod complains about
 max number of groups, which is 32, so I can't add a user to more than
 32 groups.
 
 Is there a limitation to 32 of maximum number of groups that a user
 can be a member?  If it is, can be changed to 64?

Yes, for historical reasons.  Though my information is largely by
legend.  See for example the getgroups (2) command.  I'm not sure where
the limitation comes from and/or whether it's part of the kernel or the
C libraries themselves.

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max number of groups 32?

2000-09-07 Thread Madarasz Karoly 
Hello!

I try to add users to groups with adduser, and
usermod complains about max number of groups, which is 32,
so I can't add a user to more than 32 groups.

Is there a limitation to 32 of maximum number of groups
that a user can be a member?
If it is, can be changed to 64?

By,
Karesz.