I encountered a problem with long group names on a redhat linux system recently. I saw the same behavior on Redhat 7.2, 8.0.
It looks like there is a 16 character limit when using /usr/sbin/groupadd and /usr/sbin/grpchk
But no such limit occurs with /usr/sbin/useradd
For example, when using useradd it will accept a user entry
of the form
useradd a123456789.b123456789.c123456789
creating a user and group each with those 30 chars.But if you attempt to use
groupadd a123456789.b123456789.c123456789
it complains.Is there really a limit? Or is there just a mistake in the two group programs?
Is there a problem with using such long names.
Thanks, paulw
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