From 17279d6cb5e841e813a5df8d07cfa3cd1076b5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Greenman Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 03:33:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Changed maximum number of symlinks in a path from 8 to 32. The exact value isn't important; it is only used to prevent symlink loops from looping forever. 32 is a quite reasonable default. Submitted by: Ed Hudson --- sys/sys/param.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys/sys/param.h b/sys/sys/param.h index 55e6e45db4ca..0a13fb0c27f3 100644 --- a/sys/sys/param.h +++ b/sys/sys/param.h @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ * SUCH DAMAGE. * * @(#)param.h 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/21/94 - * $Id: param.h,v 1.5 1994/09/01 05:12:51 davidg Exp $ + * $Id: param.h,v 1.6 1995/01/09 16:05:13 davidg Exp $ */ #ifndef _SYS_PARAM_H_ @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ * infinite loops reasonably quickly. */ #define MAXPATHLEN PATH_MAX -#define MAXSYMLINKS 8 +#define MAXSYMLINKS 32 /* Bit map related macros. */ #define setbit(a,i) ((a)[(i)/NBBY] |= 1<<((i)%NBBY))