Kernel 32 group limitation

Kernel 32 group limitation

[Brian Gao]

Hi,

We are runing Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 ( kernel
2.4.9-e.40) on a 
Dell 2650 box. There is a need in our application for
a user to belong 
to more than 32 groups. Is there a way to recompile
the kernel to 
support more than 32 supplementary groups ? 
 
I'm not a subscriber of the mailing list. Please CC me
your 
answers/comments posted to the list. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
 
Brian Gao 


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Re: Kernel 32 group limitation

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:20:50PM -0700, Brian Gao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are runing Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 ( kernel
> 2.4.9-e.40) on a 
> Dell 2650 box. There is a need in our application for
> a user to belong 
> to more than 32 groups. Is there a way to recompile
> the kernel to 
> support more than 32 supplementary groups ? 
>  
> I'm not a subscriber of the mailing list. Please CC me
> your 
> answers/comments posted to the list. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>  

New Linux 2.6 kernels support >32 groups per user. The libc also needs to be
recompiled for >32 support.

So I guess you're out of luck with RHEL AS 2.1. I'm not sure about RHEL 3
support either..

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