/usr/sbin/mknetid: www's groups exceed 21

[TCEQ UNIX]

/usr/sbin/mknetid: www's groups exceed 21

When /var/yp/make all is run, it displays this message, but "make all" does complete successfully. Any suggestions?

[melvyn burnard]

what is the content of your group file?

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is a limit set in /usr/include/limits.h.
The definition is NGROUPS_MAX & is set to 20.

This can be overridden by using the sysconf() function.

HTH,
Jeff

[doug hosking]

Jeff, what's that about sysconf?
You can READ the value this way but it sounds like you are saying you can CHANGE it, which doesn't sound correct to me. Look at 's definition of struct ucred and ask yourself how this would work if you could change NGROUPS on the fly.

It sounds like someone locally has changed the www account to be in many more groups than the default HP-UX www user is in. Use of ACLs instead of groups might be one way around that but there's no way to say for sure without knowing a lot more about the specific uses of the system.