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by **Martin Ohnemu** » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Hi,
I have running several solaris (5.X) machines using nis services. The
standard parameter NGROUPS_MAX
is set to the default value 16 which says that one (1) user cannot be in
more groups than 16 (exactly: <=16). The
'groups' file is controlled by nis-services .
Which steps are to be done to increase this restriction ?
Do i have to do these steps on all machines or only on nis-server(s) ?

Any help is appreciated
Martin

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by **Rocke Robertso** » Fri, 16 Jun 2000 04:00:00

You can have one user in more than 16 groups as long as it doesn't go through an RPC
based service, ie. NFS,NIS etc.... So basically you cant do it with NIS, and NFS for
sure you cant. Its horribly messy.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

~rocker

> Hi,
> I have running several solaris (5.X) machines using nis services. The
> standard parameter NGROUPS_MAX
> is set to the default value 16 which says that one (1) user cannot be in
> more groups than 16 (exactly: <=16). The
> 'groups' file is controlled by nis-services .
> Which steps are to be done to increase this restriction ?
> Do i have to do these steps on all machines or only on nis-server(s) ?

> Any help is appreciated
> Martin

> --
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Business Address:
> Name : Martin Ohnemus
> Company : Infineon Technologies AG
> Address : Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
> Zip Code : 81739
> City : Munich
> State : Bavaria
> Country : Federal Republic of Germany

> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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by **Andy** » Fri, 16 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Quote:> Hi,
> I have running several solaris (5.X) machines using nis services. The
> standard parameter NGROUPS_MAX
> is set to the default value 16 which says that one (1) user cannot
be in
> more groups than 16 (exactly: <=16). The
> 'groups' file is controlled by nis-services .
> Which steps are to be done to increase this restriction ?
> Do i have to do these steps on all machines or only on nis-server

(s) ?

Are you using groups to control access to files? Try using ACL's.

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1 user in more than 16 groups, how ?

1 user in more than 16 groups, how ?

1 user in more than 16 groups, how ?

1 user in more than 16 groups, how ?