Re: maximum number of groups > 32

[Christopher McCrory <chrismcc pricegrabber com>]

Hello...

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:26 -0500, Ed Wilts wrote:
> Is there a straightforward method in RHEL 3 to increase the maximum of
> groups to > 32?  I know it was difficult/impossible a few years ago, but
> I'm hoping that it's changed...
> 

FWIW, Several years ago (8,9? Ouch) when I needed this at the ISP I
worked for, the process was recompiling both the kernel AND glibc with
the increase.  One without the other broke things in a very bad way.
Hard to maintain.



> Thanks,
>         .../Ed
> 
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