[PATCH 1/4] Make sure groups[0] is the effective gid on FreeBSD.

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Fri Jun 8 19:40:36 GMT 2007


On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 03:23:17PM -0400, simo wrote:
> 
> I wish the Linux folks would wake up from the POSIX insomnia and start
> innovating by upgrading the standard.
> Not saying Apple did it right, I would like to see at least one RFC
> where they state what is _their_ standard reference.

No, Linux added more than 16 groups without breaking existing
standards. Apple chose not to do the same.

> I fear more then what we want to know :-)

I had a call with James. We have a compromise :-).
I'm testing a couple of small fixes for 3.0.26 + 3.0
that will make his job doable :-). Watch the check-ins...

Jeremy.


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