odd issue when running dbus-launch [cause found, but no fix found yet]

Vulpes Velox v.velox at vvelox.net
Sun Dec 17 19:30:29 PST 2006


On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:35:39 +0100
Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:

> Vulpes Velox wrote:
> >> I still don't think this is caused by D-Bus. Can you run the
> >> attached program?
> >
> >1001
> >1001
> >0
> >3051
> >5000
> >3050
> >5001
> >3003
> >6000
> >6001
> >6003
> >
> >Was what I was getting originally. I then started adding the user
> >to more and more groups... eventually I ran into a problem at 16.
> >
> >getgrouplist: No such file or directory
> >
> >I got that after 16.
> >
> >
> >
> >Quick question. Would it not be best to have this on list for any
> >one else who is watching and curious?
> 
> Yes. I don't know why you replied off it. I sent the program to the
> list.
> 
> Can you put a breakpoint in the fill_user_info function around the
> calls to getgrouplist and tell us what it is doing wrong? I can't
> spot the problem...

Found the issue.


Int ng is smaller than the number of groups a user is in. If I
increase it the problem goes away.


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