[Gllug] Reason behind groups

[Tethys]

Walid Shaari writes:

>how many groups can a single user join in? (e.g. in Solaris 8 I believe
>its like 16, and thats one reason for use of ACL)
>
>is there a similar default limit in Linux?

The group limit is only a problem if you're using NIS. Under Solaris,
the limit can be increased via kernel parameters, but I think NIS has
a hardcoded 16 group limit. I'm not aware of any inherent group limit
for local users under Linux.

Tet

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