Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!zen!ucbvax!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!cml From: cml@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Lott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: leaving users out of login group Message-ID: <2652@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 16:11:12 EST Article-I.D.: tut.2652 Posted: Wed Dec 2 16:11:12 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 07:29:37 EST Distribution: na Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science Lines: 32 Hello, I work at OSU, and we've run into the problem of maintaining group and passwd files that seem to grow exponentially at the beginning of each academic quarter... I'm sure you know how that goes. My question: Has anyone tried leaving users _out_ of their login group in /etc/group to reduce the size of the group file? Example: I am cml@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu. My passwd line on tut: cml:0MUsin/l3Py6g:3029:10:Christopher Lott.... I am in group 10. I also appear in the group file: staff:*:10:.........,cml,........ Can I take myself out of the staff line in the group file without breaking anything? I removed myself from the group file some time ago. So far, I have noticed no differences. Please note that I am asking with reference to pyramids and suns (running yp). Thanks in advance for any and all help. I try to keep up with news, so either posting or direct reply is fine. ChrisL... ------ Christopher Lott, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Avenue Columbus OH 43210 cml@ohio-state.{arpa,csnet} or ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!cml Preferred: cml@cis.ohio-state.edu