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30 lines
1.0 KiB
XML
<varlistentry>
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<term><option>MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP</option> (number)</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Maximum members per group entry. When the maximum is reached, a new
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group entry (line) is started in <filename>/etc/group</filename>
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(with the same name, same password, and same GID).
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</para>
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<para>
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The default value is 0, meaning that there are no limits in the
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number of members in a group.
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</para>
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<!-- Note: on HP, split groups have the same ID, but different
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names. -->
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<para>
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This feature (split group) permits to limit the length of lines in
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the group file. This is useful to make sure that lines for NIS
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groups are not larger than 1024 characters.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you need to enforce such limit, you can use 25.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note: split groups may not be supported by all tools (even in the
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Shadow toolsuite. You should not use this variable unless you really
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need it.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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