avpe@huldra.UUCP (Arild V. Pedersen) (05/24/91)
Problem: I need to use /etc/group, security reasons. But it's no room for all group members on one line. I need room for app. 200 users, and an ID of 4 char pr person. CPU: HP 9000-870, HP-UX 7.06 Any solution to this problem? avpe@tdata.no Tandberg Data A/S, P.O Box 9, Korsvoll, 0808-OSLO, NORWAY ----------------------------------------------------------
paul@prcrs.prc.com (Paul Hite) (05/29/91)
In article <8@huldra.UUCP>, avpe@huldra.UUCP (Arild V. Pedersen) writes: > Problem: I need to use /etc/group, security reasons. > But it's no room for all group members on one line. > I need room for app. 200 users, and an ID of 4 char pr person. Well first of all, lines in /etc/group are limited to BUFSIZ characters. BUFSIZ is 1024 on HP-UX (at least on the 800's). So you might have room in one line. But it would be tight and you did say approximately 200. Here's an idea that I saw in comp.unix.admin. I haven't tried it, but it seems like it should work. Just use an extra line (or several lines) in /etc/group with the same gid but with a different name. Put the real one first: big::9:tom,dick dummy1::9:jane,sally Here tom, dick, jane, and sally are all members of group "big". Paul Hite PRC Realty Systems McLean,Va paul@prcrs.prc.com (703) 556-2243 You can't tell which way the train went by studying its tracks.