Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 08:13:05 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com> To: Clary Harridge <clary@s4.elec.uq.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group entry overflow problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960402081155.4459N-100000@web1.calweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199604020642.QAA29974@s4.elec.uq.edu.au>
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We've seen this too! Most of our users fall under one group, so we peroidically clean the group file, but if we forget we start having problems adding new users! On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Clary Harridge wrote: > Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:42:24 +1000 (EST) > From: Clary Harridge <clary@s4.elec.uq.edu.au> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: /etc/group entry overflow problem > > Hi > on FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE (SPC) #0: Thu Feb 1 11:13:35 EST 1996 > > I am having trouble with my entries in /etc/group > > I have 3 group entries with a large number of users in each group > > Once the group line exceeds 1024 chars things go wrong > > `ls' can't determine a users group > `lpr' fails when I try to use the printcap `rg' field > > The lpr routines seem to use BUFSIZ = 1024 from <stdio.h> > > I am not sure what `ls' is using to look in /etc/group > > My query is :- > > Is there some central place where I can increase this limit, to > say 4096 chars, so that all utilities that want to access /etc/group > will be aware of the new limit? > > -- > regards Dept. of Electrical Engineering, > Clary Harridge University of Queensland, QLD, Australia, 4072 > Phone: +61-7-3365-3636 Fax: +61-7-3365-4999 > INTERNET: clary@elec.uq.edu.au > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com President, CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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