From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 14:38:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA03900 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:38:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (sdev.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA03882 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:38:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from davidn@localhost) by sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (8.7.6/8.6.9) id JAA05533; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:36:09 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199610292236.JAA05533@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:36:07 +1100 From: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: neil@corpex.com (Neil I. Fowler Wright) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/group References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.48.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Neil I. Fowler Wright on Oct 29, 1996 21:26:30 +0000 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Neil I. Fowler Wright writes: > Quick question, what is the maximum number of users that can be > assigned to a particular group in /etc/group. 200, as stated in the manpage. > I have encountered an error at around 150 user id's, as the line > got too long. 1024 characters is the line length limit, also stated in the manpage. > Can I just continue this on another line with the \ character? Unfortunately not. David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn