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From: shirkg@gordon-emh1.army.mil ( Shirk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: User limit in passwd file
Message-ID: <26430@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 2 Apr 91 14:33:20 GMT
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Is there a limit to the number of lines or characters in the 
passwd file.  We seem to have found it at about 903 lines.

We are running UNIX V.3 on an UNISYS 5000/95.  I think Arix
did the original implementation of this OS.

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