Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

Ronald Oussoren wrote: That's because setgroups(3) is limited to 16 groups > (that is, the kernel doesn't support more than 16 groups at all). So how does an account being a member of 18 groups ever work? -- Greg ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-D

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

On 24 Jun, 2010, at 3:26, Bill Janssen wrote: > See also http://gimper.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3185. That's because setgroups(3) is limited to 16 groups (that is, the kernel doesn't support more than 16 groups at all). Ronald smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature __

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

See also http://gimper.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3185. Bill ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

On 23 Jun, 2010, at 16:48, Alexander Belopolsky wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Ronald Oussoren > wrote: > .. >>> * [Ronald's proposal] results in posix.getgroups not reflecting results of posix.setgroups >>> >>> This effectively substitutes getgrouplist called on t

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

The problem that _DARWIN_C_SOURCE introduces is that it replaces system getgroups with a database query effectively making the true process' list of supplementary group IDs inaccessible to programs. See source code at . If

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Belopolsky wrote: > In my view, getgroups and getgrouplist are two fundamentally different > operations and both should be provided by the os module. Redefining > os.getgroups to invoke getgrouplist instead of system getgroups on one > part

Re: [Python-Dev] os.getgroups() on MacOS X Was: red buildbots on 2.7

In my previous post, I forgot to include the link to the tracker issue where this problem is being worked on. http://bugs.python.org/issue7900 I'll repost my message there as an issue comment, so that a more detailed technical discussion can continue there. ___