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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:39:53 -0700
From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
To: Jackie Meese <jackie.m@vt.edu>
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Subject: Re: 32 Groups Maximum in 2.4
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On Nov 15, 2001  10:28 -0500, Jackie Meese wrote:
> I've been looking for some time on how to raise the maximum number of 
> groups for the 2.4 kernel.  I've discovered how to do this kernel, with 
> a discussion a few months ago on this 
> list.http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-13/0807.html

Have you considered ACLs instead?  http://acl.bestbits.at/
Also available for ext3 (I think reiserfs may also support ACLs, not sure).
It might not suit your needs, but maybe it does, and it is a better long-term
solution.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
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