kern/108552: kern.ngroups cannot be changed

[Dominic Fandrey]

>Number:         108552
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kern.ngroups cannot be changed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 30 13:00:32 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dominic Fandrey
>Release:        Releng_6
>Organization:
private
>Environment:
FreeBSD mobileKamikaze.norad 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Mon Jan 15 22:35:31 CET 2007     root at homeKamikaze.norad:/usr/obj/TPR40-6/i386/usr/src/sys/TPR40-6  i386
>Description:
The sysctl kern.ngroups cannot be changed, even setting it in /boot/loader.conf has no effect. The 16 groups limit is a bit low for an unchangeable magic number.
>How-To-Repeat:
# echo kern.ngroups=\"32\" >> /boot/loader.conf
# shutdown -r now

..

# sysctl kern.ngroups
>Fix:

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