Re: [RC1] Login not possible

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:19:29PM +0100, Klaus-J. Wolf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to migrate a 5.1-RELEASE machine to a 5.2-RC1. I have 
> discovered that the following passage in /etc/group stops me (kjwolf) 
> from logging in. I had copied it directly from my old group file. The 
> error message is the one attached below. I don't get more info. To me, 
> that's kind of funny.
> 
> kjwolf:*:1000:kjwolf
> mwolf:*:1001:mwolf
> wolf:*:1200:kjwolf,mwolf
> wstaff:*:2000:kjwolf
> mm:*:2001:kjwolf,mwolf
> develop:*:2002:kjwolf
> classifd:*:2003:kjwolf
> mirror:*:2004:kjwolf
> mirrors:*:2005:kjwolf
> sw:*:2006:kjwolf
> yanestra:*:2007:kjwolf
> coll:*:2008:
> lusers:*:2009:
> exusers:*:2010:
> 
> Dec 12 21:37:24 golulu login: setusercontext() failed - exiting
> 
> _With_ those lines in /etc/group, id gives:
> 
> uid=1000(kjwolf) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 
> 13(games), 68(dialer), 69(network), 100(users), 1000(kjwolf), 
> 1200(wolf), 2000(wstaff), 2001(mm), 2002(develop), 2003(classifd), 
> 2004(mirror), 2005(mirrors), 2006(sw)

That's 18 groups..there might be a limit of 16 somewhere that is
causing login to have problems.

Kris