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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!news.sasknet.sk.ca!ppp110.quadrant.net!user From: williamsg@quadrant.net (Glenn Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: How many members in an /etc/group? Date: 16 Oct 1995 05:26:25 GMT Organization: SaskNet News Distribution Lines: 7 Message-ID: <williamsg-1510952330530001@ppp110.quadrant.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp110.quadrant.net Is there a maximum for the number of users in a group? Or perhaps problems with programs parsing /etc/group not expecting large fields (which would actually mean a problem with the system-level getgrent(3) routines?) Glenn