Nested groups support?

[avdspam at xs4all.nl]

> Hi!
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 01:38:34PM +0100, Arthur van Dongen wrote:
>> My first impression is that winbind could replace the groups in a group
>> with the members of this group. So, if User1 is in Group1, and Group1 is
>> a
>> member of Group2, winbind places User1 as a member of both Group1 and
>> Group2. This does not conflict with the Unix user/group architecture.
>
> I already thought about such a thing. You only run into the Unix 16- or
> 32-groups per user limit far too soon.
>
> Volker
>
Would it be worth the effort if I (try to) write a patch for unrolling
nested groups? The maximum number of groups per user limit could be
handled separately, I think.

Arthur