/etc/group limits (REAL limits)

[Sergey Babkin]

>From: Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com>

>On one of my boxes where I have a decent amount of (less than 50) users 
>in a few groups, I finally hit the limit.  Not 1024 bytes though (that I 
>know of).  When that happens though, it is sooner than expected, and 
>tools (like 'id') seg fault (and core dump).
>
>I have a sample group, and it appears to be hitting the byte limit.  If 
>I add a single additional character to the group, it will break things. 
>     It appears to be a combination of multiple groups.
>
>Can someone with some experience in this area comment?  I can send the 
>group file itself if needed.

The traditional workaround for the 1024 bytes limit
is to have multiple lines for the same group, for 
example:

group1:x:100:user1,user2,user3
group1:x:100:user4,user5,user6

Note that everything except the list of the users
is the same on all the lines. It might work for
you too.

-SB