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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:31:02 +1100 (EST)
From:      Peter Marelas <maral@webnet.com.au>
To:        Ronald Matuszak <ram@mail.bw.lgca.ohio.gov>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Info...PLEASE :-)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951130122932.185C-100000@jazzy.phase-one.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.91.951128104512.580A-100000@mail.bw.lgca.ohio.gov>

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On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Ronald Matuszak wrote:

> A few questions..   We are running FreeBSD 2.1.0.  We are in the process 
> of making many accounts.  We are using a home brew make user script.  All 
> was well until we had about 126 accounts in a single group ID.  
> 
> Our question is......Is there a limit to the number of characters in a 
> single line in the etc/group file??  We made another group ID # and it 
> worked. However, we were wondering if there was a way to get all of these 
> accounts in a single group?
> 
> Also, for general knowledge, is there a command to count the number of 
> characters in a line of standard input (Through piping, etc.)
> 
> Finally, I was wondering if you could direct me in creating functions for 
> sh scripts. What format is required for this?

If all the users have the same Group ID # in /etc/passwd then there is no 
need to have each user in /etc/group under the specified group, unless 
you are saying the users are in more than 1 group.

Peter




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