---
name: "pts_setmax"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "openafs-client"
version: "1.8.13.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pts_setmax"
---

# pts\_setmax(1)

Sets the value of the max group id or max user id counter

## NAME

pts\_setmax - Sets the value of the max group id or max user id counter

## SYNOPSIS

**pts setmax** \[**-group** \<*group max*\>\] \[**-user** \<*user max*\>\]\
     \[**-cell** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-noauth**\] \[**-localauth**\] \[**-force**\] \[**-help**\]\
     \[**-auth**\] \[**-encrypt**\] \[**-config** \<*config directory*\>\]

**pts setm** \[**-g** *group max*\>\] \[**-u** \<*user max*\>\]\
     \[**-c** \<*cell name*\>\] \[**-n**\] \[**-l**\] \[**-f**\] \[**-h**\]\
     \[**-a**\] \[**-e**\] \[**-co** \<*config directory*\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **pts setmax** command sets the value of one or both counters that track the IDs the Protection Server allocates to new users, machines, or groups: the `"max user id"` counter for the AFS user IDs (AFS UIDs) assigned to users and machines, and the `"max group id"` counter for the AFS group IDs (AFS GIDs) assigned to groups.

Use the **pts listmax** command to display the current value of both counters.

## OPTIONS

- **-group** \<*group max*\>

  Sets the `"max group id"` counter. Precede the value with a hyphen to indicate that it is negative. When an administrator next uses the **pts** **creategroup** command to create a group entry and does not include that command's **-id** argument, the Protection Server assigns the group an AFS GID one less (more negative) than this value.

- **-user** \<*user max*\>

  Sets the `"max user id"` counter. When an administrator next uses the **pts** **createuser** command to create a user or machine entry and does not include that command's **-id** argument, the Protection Server assigns the group an AFS UID one greater than this value.

- **-auth**

  Use the calling user's tokens to communicate with the Protection Server. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-cell** \<*cell name*\>

  Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-config** \<*config directory*\>

  Use an alternate config directory. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-encrypt**

  Encrypts any communication with the Protection Server. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-force**

  Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at the first error.

- **-help**

  Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

- **-localauth**

  Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local */etc/openafs/server/KeyFile* file. Do not combine this flag with the **-cell**  or **-noauth** options. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

- **-noauth**

  Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more details, see [**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md).

## EXAMPLES

The following command sets the `"max group id"` counter to -500 and the `"max user id"` counter to 1000.

```
   % pts setmax -group -500 -user 1000
```

## PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

The issuer must belong to the system:administrators group.

## SEE ALSO

[**pts**(1)](/pts/1.md), [**pts\_creategroup**(1)](/pts_creategroup/1.md), [**pts\_createuser**(1)](/pts_createuser/1.md), [**pts\_listmax**(1)](/pts_listmax/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

IBM Corporation 2000. \<http://www.ibm.com/\> All Rights Reserved.

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