On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 21:48 -0500, John Almberg wrote: > On Feb 12, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > > On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:14 PM, John Almberg wrote: > >> Just ran into a strange problem... I have a long-standing user > >> account on my FreeBSD box that no longer works. She can't ssh into > >> the box, and I can't even su to her account. > >> > >> $ su jessica > >> Password: > >> su: setusercontext: Invalid argument > > > > Does group 1022 exist in /etc/groups? > > Yes > > > Is the user a member of more than 16 groups? > > Actually, 15 plus it's own group, so yes, I guess exactly 16. > > I can guess what you're going to say next. Frack... > > Okay, I guess I can reorganize groups to eliminate this problem. > > Thanks for the hint (as they say, a hint to the wise is sufficient...) > > -- John
I've been following this thread with interest: are you saying FreeBSD logins cannot handle more than 16 groups? If so, why? Is this mitigated by using other authentication methods (ie kerberos, ldap, etc)? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
