Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:03:52 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: clary@s4.elec.uq.edu.au (Clary Harridge) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group entry overflow problem Message-ID: <199604020833.SAA13427@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604020642.QAA29974@s4.elec.uq.edu.au> from "Clary Harridge" at Apr 2, 96 04:42:24 pm
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Clary Harridge stands accused of saying: > > I am having trouble with my entries in /etc/group > > I have 3 group entries with a large number of users in each group As a general rule, you shouldn't be doing this. You may be having problems with the 'adduser' script, which insists on listing users in their default group (which is unnecessary). > I am not sure what `ls' is using to look in /etc/group probably getgrent() and friends. > Is there some central place where I can increase this limit, to > say 4096 chars, so that all utilities that want to access /etc/group > will be aware of the new limit? Frob getgrent() and friends in libc, rebuild your libraries and any static binaries that use it. > Clary Harridge University of Queensland, QLD, Australia, 4072 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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