From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932525AbWGSICP (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:02:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932526AbWGSICP (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:02:15 -0400 Received: from frankvm.xs4all.nl ([80.126.170.174]:60559 "EHLO janus.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932525AbWGSICO (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:02:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:02:13 +0200 From: Frank van Maarseveen To: Bill Ryder Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc1] Make group sorting optional in the 2.6.x kernels Message-ID: <20060719080213.GA22925@janus> References: <44B32888.6050406@wetafx.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44B32888.6050406@wetafx.co.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Subliminal-Message: Use Linux! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 04:26:48PM +1200, Bill Ryder wrote: > Hello all, > > Setting the kernel config option of UNSORTED_SUPPLEMENTAL_GROUPLIST > will allow the use of setgroups(2) to reorder a supplemental > group list to work around the NFS AUTH_UNIX 16 group limit. FYI, This problem has been worked around for several years now using these 2.4.x and 2.6.x patches: http://www.frankvm.com/nfs-ngroups/ -- Frank