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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.charm.net!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!zippy.cais.net!news.vni.net!cnordin From: cnordin@hq.vni.net (Craig Nordin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Is it bad to be in lots of groups? Date: 5 Oct 1995 21:30:05 -0400 Organization: Virtual Networks Lines: 24 Message-ID: <cnordin.812942843@news.vni.net> References: <richard-0510951159360001@island.interverse.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hq.vni.net X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Yes, Virginia, It is bad to be in too many groups. You can probably set a kernel tune that will (NGROUP? MAXGROUP?) that will allow you to run more groups per user, but you'll incrementally slow down your system doing that. It is likely that the real problem is not what the Unix limit is but what benefit and cost come from being a member of so many groups. Groups are one of those things where more than a tiny few create large-scale complexity that you can never retreat from after you build your system. I'd heartily advise trying everything possilbe to become a member of no more that two groups beyond the default. -- -- "He who loses control, loses." Andre Brauer, Homicide