On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 15:17 -0500, Goodwin, Derric wrote:
> I have a batch of new SuSE 9 guests that authenticate via LDAP.
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> I have a problem with one and only one user. He is our security admin
> and belongs to a lot of groups.
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How many groups exactly?  There used to be a limit of 32 groups per
user.  This was increased a while back, but may still be an issue in
some older package versions.  Can you create a test user with less than
32 and more than 32 groups to see if this triggers it?

> When ever he tries to log in or (as root) you try to SU to his ID we get
> a BUS ERROR.
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> An strace on the command shows it bails in the set groups part of the SU
> process.
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> Anyone seen this before? Any suggestions?
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