[ale] how to bump up max # of alternative groups

[Joe Steele]

If you don't care what happens, or you're a high-rollin' gambler who loves 
the thrill of playing with fire (and especially if you enjoy following the 
advice of those who know nothing of which they speak), you could try 
changing the following line found in /usr/src/linux/include/asm/param.h:

#define NGROUPS         32

There is also the following line in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h:

#define NGROUPS_MAX       32    /* supplemental group IDs are available */

Besides the burning question of "What will happen if I do this?", there is 
the question of what else might need recompiling besides the kernel 
(applications, libraries, etc.).

Lots of luck :-)

Joe

-----Original Message-----
 From:	Zhongbin Yu "jerry" [SMTP:z.yu at premcall.com]
Sent:	Monday, October 04, 1999 5:03 PM
To:	ale at ale.org
Subject:	[ale] how to bump up max # of alternative groups


hi, Greetings,

on Caldera 1.3 with kernel 2.0.35, We have a special user who just hit the
max number of alternative groups, 32, the default. I wonder which kernel
parameter should I adjust on the run with the old kernel, change in the
header files before recompiling, or just cannot do?

Thanks.

Jerry Yu
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