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From: Hordur Johannsson <hordur@islandia.is>
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Subject: Re: 141 group member limit?
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> On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Cliff Addy wrote:
> 
> > 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
I don't think it is 141, it is 1024 characters if i remember correctly,
there seems to be use a static buffer for the group file or something.

Hordur Johannsson