On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:14:54 -0600
Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> wrote:

> Josh Trutwin wrote:
> > Looks like it's 32 for the max - guess I'll need to re-architect
> > this afterall.  erg....
> 
> What's the reference?

I don't have a URL, I just tried adding secondary groups until it
croaked with a message that the max was 32.

As posted by Florin:

/usr/include/linux> more limits.h 
#ifndef _LINUX_LIMITS_H
#define _LINUX_LIMITS_H

#define NR_OPEN         1024

#define NGROUPS_MAX       32    /* supplemental group IDs are
available */
        ^^^^^^^^^^^       ^^
<snip>

Josh