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

simo idra at samba.org
Fri Jun 8 19:49:53 GMT 2007


On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 12:40 -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> 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.

Yeah I took the ball to make a general statement about it, I know we
don;t have this specific problem (sort of).

> > 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...

Nice.

Simo.
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Simo Sorce
Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer
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