Increasing the Number of Groups a User can Belong To Above 16. (Doc ID 1001596.1)

Last updated on JUNE 13, 2023

Applies to:

Solaris x64/x86 Operating System - Version 8 6/00 U1 and later
Solaris Operating System - Version 8.0 and later
All Platforms

By default, a user can only belong to a total of 16 groups:

1 primary group, the group that the operating system assigns to files created by the user

and

This document describes how to increase this number, and the potential side effects of changing it in various Solaris releases.

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