MAX_ALLOW_USERS

Ben Lindstrom mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org
Thu Feb 6 09:31:41 EST 2003


> Hey everyone,
>
> I have been using sftp for quite some time now and we have just hit 256
> sftp users. Line 21 of servconf.h reads:
>
> #define MAX_ALLOW_USERS         256     /* Max # users on allow list. */
>
> I am curious why this is in a header file and not something that is in
> sshd_config that can be changed without recompile?
>

You have 256 users listed in AllowUser ?!  Maybe you need to consider
moveing to a denylist instead.

- Ben

> Thanks in advance!
>
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