etc-group : group names ?

[MikeL_4]

If a line for a group in the /etc/group file exceeds it's size limit and I create another line, does the name of the group have to be different, or can they all be the same??

ie: apps::101:user1,user2,user3,......

can the next line be: apps::101:.... also or
does it have to change to say: apps2::101:....

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Mike,

The should be different, group id is the same.

apps:101
apps2:101

Regards,
Robert-Jan.

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

It can be same...!

-USA.

[John Poff]

Hi,

I'm pretty sure you have to stick to one group per line. How long is your line? How many users are you trying to put in a group? Remember that you only need to specify the additional groups for users; you don't need an entry for their default group.

JP

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

It can not be the same. Some commands fail on things like this...
But it is not always necessary. For users whose login group is apps (groupid 101 in /etc/passwd) it is not necessary to be mentioned in the group file. This could solve your issue.

[Helen French]

Since the group is defined with the GID and not the name, the normal practice would be:

apps::101: ....
apps1::101: ....

This will be easy to identify and differentiate and you will get the same group permission in both places. If I remember correctly, the limitation is 1024 character per line, but I think the new release OS and patches might have overcome this limitation.

[Bruno Ganino]

It can NOT equal !
bye