Problem of updating openssh-4.4p1 to openssh-5.5p1 with MAX_ALLOW_USERS option

[Акулов Алексей]

Hello!

We have the server with RHEL 5.5 (64-bit) and need to connect many parallel users over ssh (OpenSSH).
Usually we use openssh-4.4p1, builded from the sources with changed "servconf.h" file by this type:
    #define MAX_ALLOW_USERS         10000     /* Max # users on allow list. */
    #define MAX_DENY_USERS            10000     /* Max # users on deny list. */
    #define MAX_ALLOW_GROUPS      10000     /* Max # groups on allow list. */
    #define MAX_DENY_GROUPS         10000     /* Max # groups on deny list. */

and configured with this additional options:
# ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --with-ipv4-default --with-pam --without-4in6 --without-zlib-version-check
# make
# make install.

After compiling and restarting service ssh (# service sshd condrestart) we had possibility to connect many parallel users to our server.

Now we want to update a version of OpenSSH from openssh-4.4p1 to openssh-5.5p1 but have a problem with the maximum quantity of line "AllowUsers" in file "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" after such operations as we had done with openssh-4.4p1.
# service sshd restart
Stopping sshd:                                                                                                      [FAILED]
Starting sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 622: too many allow users.              [FAILED]

What we do incorrect?

Thanks.

With the best regards, Alex.