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From: paulz@sco.COM (W. Paul Zola)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: PROBLEM WITH MKUSER - SECURITY
Summary: don't *do* that!
Keywords: WARNING SCO
Message-ID: <16681@scorn.sco.COM>
Date: 7 May 91 01:48:50 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.064959.1532@netcom.COM>
Sender: news@sco.COM
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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In article <1991Apr30.064959.1532@netcom.COM> bobb@netcom.COM (Bob Beaulieu) writes:
}I have a client that had a lot of users (80+) in the same group "group1"
}and added '\' to allow entry of ALL of these users because of limits in
}line lengths.

[description of the resulting disaster deleted]

}
}bobb
}

Like the man says, don't *do* that!  You should never use
continuation characters in /etc/group: nothing that manipulates
it understands them.  Instead use multiple lines with the same
group name:

    group1::60:user1,user2,user3
    group1::60:user4,user5,user6

This should work just fine.  

-
Paul Zola			Support Technical Lead, Operating System
				paulz@sco.COM 
Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.  - Emily Saliers
    DISCLAIMER: I speak for myself, and not for SCO.