Date: 16 Oct 1997 01:16:25 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Philippe SCHACK <phschack@inba.fr> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group limit Message-ID: <p1ivhyylira.fsf@panke.panke.de> In-Reply-To: Philippe SCHACK's message of Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:34:48 %2B0200 References: <3.0.1.32.19971015203448.0086a6a0@mail.inba.fr>
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Philippe SCHACK <phschack@inba.fr> writes: > It seems there is a limit for the maximum length of the /etc/group file of > 1024 bytes after which the command chgrp answer 'illegal group name'. There is a 1024 character and a 200 member limit in FreeBSD 2.x See also group(5). > Is there something to change to avoid it ? a) define a larger buffer in src/lib/libc/gen/getgrent.c, e.g. 8192 chars, and recompile your libc. b) update to FreeBSD-current ;-) -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/
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