Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:53:14 -0600 (CST) From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: kostikbel@gmail.com Subject: Re: /etc/group limits (REAL limits) Message-ID: <29767579.4044831170863594911.JavaMail.root@vms227.mailsrvcs.net>
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>From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> >On one of my boxes where I have a decent amount of (less than 50) users >in a few groups, I finally hit the limit. Not 1024 bytes though (that I >know of). When that happens though, it is sooner than expected, and >tools (like 'id') seg fault (and core dump). > >I have a sample group, and it appears to be hitting the byte limit. If >I add a single additional character to the group, it will break things. > It appears to be a combination of multiple groups. > >Can someone with some experience in this area comment? I can send the >group file itself if needed. The traditional workaround for the 1024 bytes limit is to have multiple lines for the same group, for example: group1:x:100:user1,user2,user3 group1:x:100:user4,user5,user6 Note that everything except the list of the users is the same on all the lines. It might work for you too. -SB
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