Re: [SLE] user and group problem [was:NIS database data too long]

Steve, Missed this thread earlier so jumping in late (again). I think that 255 characters is the limit for any group line listing (also true for the other NIS distributed files). To get around it you can create other group names which use the same GID. Such as: uucp1:x:72:steve, (lots of other users here) uucp2:x:72:invitado, (more users here) uucp3:x:72:invitado, (more users here) You'll have to maintain this manually because any new users will automatically be added to the uucp number which is met first in the list (say uucp1). For that reason it's a good idea to have just a few users in that group initially. BTW my uucp GID is 14 (SuSE 8.2) Damian