netgroup/NIS problems

2007-12-25 7:50:00

The answer is there is a section in the dbm BUGS section stating that

there is a limit to the size of a dbm record at 1024 bytes.

The way around it with netgroups is to have many smaller aliases and then

to chain them together.

Thanks to all who replied:

Koper.Jamgocyan@rcvie.co.at (Koper Jamgocyan)

seeger@thedon.cis.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III) [Hey Chuck! I need a dog night!]

exuksm@exu.ericsson.se (Karl Morgan)

pjw@math30.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Peter J. Welcher)

dcornwel@ccel.mitre.org (Donna Cornwell)

matt@wbst845e.xerox.com (Matt Goheen)

trinkle@cs.purdue.edu (Daniel Trinkle)

mdl@cypress.com (J. Matt Landrum)

phil@pex.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) [and Hey Bill! How's your pen laser?]


--
John Paul O'Brien, Manager of Network Services and Distributed Systems
Nova University, Network Services and Distributed Systems
3301 College Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 33314 Phone: (305) 475-7633
Internet: john@solar.nova.edu

Comments

Got something to say?

You must be logged in to post a comment.