From ce41f4bf59dcb5a340aec47d7c8b7cf1d20cde9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Watson Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:42:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Comment on initgroups.c:1.8: it can prevent users from logging in if a user has over 16 groups defined. Reported by: "Klaus-J. Wolf" --- UPDATING | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 359e48250f1..83a14afd8ad 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW: developers choose to disable these features on build machines to maximize performance. +20031213: + src/lib/libc/gen/initgroups.c:1.8 now causes logins to fail + if the login process is unable to successfully set the + process credentials to include all groups defined for the + user. The current kernel limit is 16 groups; administrators + may wish to check that users do not have over 16 groups + defined, or they will be unable to log in. + 20031112: The statfs structure has been updated with 64-bit fields to allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem