changing kern.ngroups
Vulpes Velox
v.velox at vvelox.net
Tue May 23 09:53:41 PDT 2006
On Tue, 23 May 2006 09:20:18 -0400
Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:
> Vulpes Velox wrote:
> > I am really running across the need to change this to something
> > higher than 16.
> >
> > I was just wondering if there is any specific reason it is set so
> > low and any thing to worry about when bumping it up?
>
> The limit is historical, but various protocols like NFS have the #
> of groups limit embedded into their specifications. Trying to
> change this limit may result in odd behavior, such as user accounts
> not being recognized as being in their "primary" group, ie the one
> listed in /etc/passwd....
Cool. Any suggestion on what to do if I do want to change it?
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