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From: aglew%mycroft@gswd-vms.arpa (Andy Glew)
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Subject: Re: System V letting random users ch
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 14:37:23 EST
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>Your group
>	set is initialized from { group ID in "/etc/passwd" } (union)
>	<set of groups in "/etc/group" that you belong to> (although
>	if this exceeds 16, only the first 16 groups are used).
>
>There is no "newgrp" command in 4.[23]BSD; it's not needed.

Only 16 -/- "newgrp" not needed.

Really?

Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana.    USEnet:  ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew
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