Re: [TCLUG:11417] group name length limit

[Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

Long group names are fine, but anything after the first 8 characters will be
ignored (just like passwords).

Gabe

> 
> Does anyone know if there's a length limit for group names? When I do a
> groupadd with a name longer than eight characters it complains that the
> name is too long, but it still adds it to the /etc/group file.
> 
> I could be wrong, but it looks like long group names are okay as far as
> file permissions go. I created a group named 'longgroupname' and touched a
> file as root, then assigned write permissions to the longgroupname group. I
> was able to write to it as a normal user belonging to that group.
> 
> I don't know if that was a valid test or not. Any comments?
> 
> Chad Juettner
> 
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Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>       
U of MN Csci/IT Systems Staff
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