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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!news.sasknet.sk.ca!ppp111.quadrant.net!user From: williamsg@quadrant.net (Glenn Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: How many members in an /etc/group? Date: 18 Oct 1995 05:56:13 GMT Organization: SaskNet News Distribution Lines: 27 Message-ID: <williamsg-1810950000430001@ppp111.quadrant.net> References: <williamsg-1510952330530001@ppp110.quadrant.net> <VIXIE.95Oct16155358@wisdom.vix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp111.quadrant.net In article <VIXIE.95Oct16155358@wisdom.vix.com>, vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie) wrote: 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?) > > In /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getgrent.c, we see: > (ah, _you_ see; _I_ see "No such file or directory"; guess I should have said I was on a binary-only system ) > #define MAXLINELENGTH 1024 So what you're saying is I'm right? :-) Thanks for the help. Glenn > "Illegitimibus non carborundum." :-)