[comp.protocols.nfs] NFS groups limited to 8

vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) (06/18/89)

I've just found out (the hard way) that NFS only supports the first 8
group of groups. Now (short of making a mess of the group file) I'm
stuck with doing `newgrp' to get access to files on remote machines.
This really p*sses me off.

It seems that everytime I hear something about NFS it's bad news:
either some security problems, bugs or just some stupid limitation.

It's almost as bad as Yellow Pages! (which also came from the people
that brought us NFS).

I don't suppose that HP/the rest of the world are going to come up
with some better protocol/network environment.

			vic
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