Line too long in /etc/group ??!

[Aravind_3]

I have some 130 users under a group groupA
and when I do /var/yp/ypmake it is reporting the following error:
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Building the group map(s)... problem storing 101 groupA::101:groupA,ftam000,ftam001,ftam002,ftam003,ftam004,ftam005,ftam006,ftam007,ftam008,
...
ftam121,ftam122,ftam123,ftam124
ERROR (ypmake): in group build.
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But, if I split the single line of 130 users into two ypmake works fine.

What could be wrong here ?

Aravind

[RAC_1]

really tough.

130 users in single group.
seems the ypmake problem to me.

[T G Manikandan]

//*
The length of each line in /etc/group is limited to LINE_MAX, as
defined in
*//
man group


Thanks

[T G Manikandan]

check this link James has the answer

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x62f556bd90a9d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

Also check this two hp docs

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063201823
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062910154

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

You have reached your max user limits.
Whjat you can do is following,

edit /etc/group and make an aditionel group fo groupA like groupa01 with the same group number.

groupA::101:*users*
groupA01::101:*users*

Regards

Robert-Jan.

[Bill Hassell]

You should be able to split long lines into multiple lines, that is, repeat the group name and add the new users as in:

grp1::1234:user1,user2,user3
grp1::1234:user4,user5,user6
grp1::1234:user7,user8,user9

NOTE: It is is not necessary to list any user's initial group in the group file for HP-UX as this info is taken from the passwd file. This makes for much shorter lines in the group file. This is a feature introduced at 10.0