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Xref: sserve comp.sys.sun.admin:40729 comp.unix.admin:25299 comp.unix.bsd:15585 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!olivea!uunet!zib-berlin.de!ceres.fokus.gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!barilvm!vms.huji.ac.il!itex!usenet Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.os.unix,comp.sys.sun.managers,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd Subject: /etc/group: long lines Message-ID: <D0tCFv.E6o@itex.jct.ac.il> From: roman@shekel.jct.ac.il (haim İhoward¨ roman) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 18:23:54 GMT Sender: usenet@itex.jct.ac.il (USENET News System) Organization: Jerusalem College of Technology Keywords: group Summary: line in /etc/group too long. What to do? X-Newsreader: TIN İversion 1.2 PL2¨ Lines: 25 Our systems are SunOS 4.1.1 & SunOS 4.1.3 One of the entries in our /etc/group file is getting too long. It is already over 1024 characters. Users near the end of this line are NOT listed as part of this group. Is there some way to define sets of users & enter these sets instead of individual users? Two ideas are: use NIS netgroups instead of users define groups in terms of other groups Unfortunately, as far as I know, none of these are possible. I will try to check these news groups, but I would appreciate answers being mailed directly to roman@brachot.jct.ac.il. Thanks, -------------------------------------------------------------- Haim (Howard) Roman | E-mail: roman@brachot.jct.ac.il Computer Center | Phone: +972-2-751 160 (work) Jerusalem College of Technology | +972-2-963 502 (home) P.O. Box 16031 | FAX: +972-2-422 075 Jerusalem, ISRAEL |