Bug 82619 - maximum number of users in group
Summary: maximum number of users in group
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: libc
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-01-24 01:53 UTC by Rob Malouf
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-04-10 23:09:19 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2003:089 0 high SHIPPED_LIVE : Updated glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in RPC XDR decoder 2003-04-10 04:00:00 UTC

Description Rob Malouf 2003-01-24 01:53:25 UTC 
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Description of problem:
There appears to be a maximum number of users which can be a member of a group
in /etc/group.  Once the line for that group gets too long, it (and all the
lines after it in /etc/groups) are ignored. 

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a group with 100 or so members
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Additional info:
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2003-01-26 21:58:02 UTC 
Please try rawhide glibc.
Comment 2 Jakub Jelinek 2003-04-10 23:09:19 UTC 
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-089.html
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