WHY? #define MAX_SAM_ENTRIES 250

Gerald Carter gcarter at valinux.com
Wed Jun 20 01:53:49 GMT 2001


On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Andrew Bartlett wrote:

> I was attempting to figure out some of the problems surrounding Win9X
> user lists, and came across this interesing define:
>
> include/rpc_samr.h:569:#define MAX_SAM_ENTRIES 250
>
> Why is it so low?  Other comments in the code indicate it was 600 at
> some stage, but 250 is WAY to low, IMHO.

Check the archives for some posts from Jim McDonough
regarding limitations with the Win95 UserManager from
the nexus package (although I think this limit was 512).
Maybe you'll find a hint or cvs commit around that time frame.







Cheers, jerry
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