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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