Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:02:15 -0500 From: "Allen Hyer" <allenh@wtrt.net> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: adduser problem Message-ID: <199608140004.TAA09664@inetsrv.wtrt.net>
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---------- > From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> > To: xiyuan qian <xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn> > Cc: allenh@wtrt.net; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: adduser problem > Date: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 5:44 AM > > xiyuan qian writes: > > >Hi, I had met the same problem. When I made another group named > >guest1 and moved some users to guest1, all went ok. Why? Is there a > >max user account number? > > [group(5) rev 1.4] > LIMITS > A group cannot have more than 200 members. The maximum line length of > /etc/group is 1024 characters. Longer lines will be skiped. > > Wolfram Ok, now I see that there are limits on the /etc/group file. This is almost definately the problem that I have run into. Is there a prettier workaround than splitting the groups? How much of an undertaking would it be for me to hack the sources to expand the limits? Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Allen Hyer West Texas Rural Telephone
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