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Subject: Re: 141 group member limit?
To: fbsdlist@revelstone.jvm.com (Cliff Addy)
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:58:04 -0600 (CST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961216140635.14010C-100000@revelstone.jvm.com> from Cliff Addy at "Dec 16, 96 02:08:43 pm"
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In a previous message, Cliff Addy said:
> I recently added the 142nd member of a group and the group ceased to 
> exist, as far as fbsd was concerned.  Take out one and it works fine.
> 
> Have I hit another one of those silly hard-coded limits?  Is it kernel 
> recompile time *again*?  And *why* 141?
> 
> I love fbsd most of the time, but ...
> 
> Cliff

This is probably line overflow in /etc/group. 

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