Bug#325465: marked as done (Difference between sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) and /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max)
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From: Sylvain Beucler <beuc@gnu.org>
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Subject: Difference between sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) and /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max
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Package: glibc
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22
Severity: important
There is a difference between sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) and
/proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max:
---
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(void) {
printf("%d\n", sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX));
return 0;
}
---
=3D> 32
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max
=3D> 65536
This applies under stable and testing, unstable works properly :)
More details: I sent this bug report to the shadow/passwd people, but
they think the problem comes from the difference above.
=3D=3D=3D=3D
We would really need to get more groups per users in our stable
installation.
The stable kernel has a limit of 65536 groups per users:
$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max
65536
However usermod is still limited to 32 users:
$ usermod -G testgroup1,testgroup2,testgroup3,testgroup4,testgroup5,testgro=
up6,testgroup7,testgroup8,testgroup9,testgroup10,testgroup11,testgroup12,te=
stgroup13,testgroup14,testgroup15,testgroup16,testgroup17,testgroup18,testg=
roup19,testgroup20,testgroup21,testgroup22,testgroup23,testgroup24,testgrou=
p25,testgroup26,testgroup27,testgroup28,testgroup29,testgroup30,testgroup31=
,testgroup32,testgroup33,testgroup34,testgroup35,testgroup36,testgroup37,te=
stgroup38,testgroup39,testgroup40,testgroup41,testgroup42,testgroup43,testg=
roup44,testgroup45,testgroup46,testgroup47,testgroup48,testgroup49,testgrou=
p50,testgroup51,testgroup52,testgroup53,testgroup54,testgroup55,testgroup56=
,testgroup57,testgroup58,testgroup59,testgroup60,testgroup61,testgroup62,te=
stgroup63,testgroup64,testgroup65,testgroup66,testgroup67,testgroup68,testg=
roup69,testgroup70,testgroup71,testgroup72,testgroup73,testgroup74,testgrou=
p75,testgroup76,testgroup77,testgroup78,testgroup79,testgroup80,testgroup81=
,testgroup82,testgroup83,testgroup84,testgroup85,testgroup86,testgroup87,te=
stgroup88,testgroup89,testgroup90,testgroup91,testgroup92,testgroup93,testg=
roup94,testgroup95,testgroup96,testgroup97,testgroup98,testgroup99,testgrou=
p100 test
usermod: too many groups specified (max 32).
Incidentally 'id' is also limited to 32
users. sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) also returns 32.
stable's /usr/include/linux/limits.h has NGROUPS_MAX set to 32. In
testing and unstable it is set to 65536.
The usermod limitation happens in stable and testing (tested with
their respective default kernel), but not in unstable (tested with the
testing kernel - all tested kernels having ngroups_max=3D65536).
Basically we have a kernel without the limitation, but the executables
have the limitation, which was probably set at compile time.
Do you know what's the origin of the limitation, and how it could be
fixed to match the default kernel's?
--=20
Sylvain
GNU Savannah: http://savannah.gnu.org
=3D=3D=3D=3D
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From: GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>
To: Sylvain Beucler <beuc@gnu.org>, 325465-done@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>, savannah-hackers-public@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug#325465: Difference between sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX) and /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max
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At Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:09:29 +0200,
Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> As far as I understand, sysconf() should get the information at run
> time. How comes that he returns 32 on a system that support 65536?
At least with 2.3.5-6 in unstable, the problem should be fixed - it
looks /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max.
Regards,
-- gotom
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