From: Paul Kirschner (pek@logos.res.utc.com)
Date: 02/12/93


From: pek@logos.res.utc.com (Paul Kirschner)
Subject: Re: linux group id's
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 18:57:55 GMT

Paul Kirschner (pek@logos.res.utc.com) wrote:
: In order to connect through NFS to our workstations I need to set the
: gid on the linux side the same as the workstation side. The gid is
: 2551. However, that doesn't seem to work on linux. The file group
: id's end up being 247!

: Is there a maximum gid? How can I set it to 2551?

: I'm using .99pl4 from the recent SLS distribution and a Minix
: partition.

Thanks to those who responded.

The answer is that minix only uses gid's < 256. HOWEVER, the kernel
does work with the proper number! I incorrectly assumed based on the
"ls -al" that the gid was wrong. Anyways, NFS does work correctly
in spite of gid short (int) coming. (Sorry I couldn't help that :-) )