Max: no of users in a group

[RAJESH GANGADHARAN]

hi
Is there any way to calculate max no of users in a group,
if so how we can change max no of users in a group?
from man pages we got it is defined in a variable LINE_MAX defined in and max no of users is (LINE_MAX-50)/9
how we will get the value of LINE_MAX.

thanks in advance.
rajesh

[Wieslaw Krajewski]

Hi,

Run man 5 limits

You'll find there

LINE_MAX = 2048


Rgds.

[Thierry Poels_1]

hi,
there is a workaround: if a line gets too long in your /etc/group file then just start another line and use the same group ID:

users::20:usr1,usr2,usr3,usr4,usr5,usr6
users2::20:usr7,usr8,usr9

regards,
Thierry.

[RAJESH GANGADHARAN]

dear thierry
i have two querys

1) i tried the same but , i am using this for NIS , after creating map, if i am giving
ypmatch GID group.bygid it shows only one group, but if u gives ypcat it shows both groups with same gid.

2) before creating 2 groups i checked one particular line in /etc/group it was only 1004, but when we are making an NIS map of grop it is giving an error and coming out

thanks
raj