Thanks to Mike D Cross <crossmd_at_mh.uk.sbphrd.com> & Alan
<alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com> for their quick replies.
Mike reminded me that problems arise if a particular user belongs to 16+
groups and Alan said:
Probably 65536, though some applications may use the
group id as a signed short, making it 32,767. Where
recent versions allow the UID to use a 32 bit integer,
the group ID may have inherited the same support. Limits,
where documented, are usually in the release notes. Just
because the group ID can go this high, doesn't mean anybody
has ever tested it there.
Thank you both for your quick replies.
John
Received on Mon Nov 16 1998 - 19:00:46 NZDT