samba - Aug 2006 - AD group membership limits?

Hello All,

I read a post on patching kernel 2.4.x to get more groups.  I  
currently cannot upgrade my RHEL3 as RHEL4 is not supported but need  
to take advantage of additional groups over 32.

I read a similar post that a patch
more_groups_simple.patch can be applied.  I have no success in  
patching though..
linux-2.4]# patch -p1 --dry-run -i more_groups_simple.patch

Just wondering if anyone has success in patching using this patch?   
If so any direction would be much appreciated.



Thanks Scott