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From: dhawk@well.sf.ca.us (David Hawkins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: User limit in passwd file
Message-ID: <24038@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 4 Apr 91 19:09:25 GMT
References: <26430@adm.brl.mil>
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shirkg@gordon-emh1.army.mil ( Shirk) writes:

>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.

well: wc /etc/passwd
    5304   12678  391753 /etc/passwd

on a Sequent B8 with Dynix 3.0.14   ;-)

later, david
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