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-rw-r--r--adduser/adduser.perl11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/adduser/adduser.perl b/adduser/adduser.perl
index 8e35578..d2e6050 100644
--- a/adduser/adduser.perl
+++ b/adduser/adduser.perl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
# SUCH DAMAGE.
#
-# $Id: adduser.perl,v 1.17 1996/09/11 08:36:54 jkh Exp $
+# $Id: adduser.perl,v 1.18 1996/09/14 23:22:23 wosch Exp $
# read variables
@@ -394,6 +394,15 @@ sub add_group {
$groupmembers{$gid} .= "," if $groupmembers{$gid};
$groupmembers{$gid} .= "$name";
+ local(@l) = split(',', $groupmembers{$gid});
+ # group(5): A group cannot have more than 200 members.
+ # The maximum line length of /etc/group is 1024 characters.
+ # Longer lines will be skiped.
+ if ($#l >= 200 ||
+ length($groupmembers{$gid}) > 1024 - 50) { # 50 is for group name
+ warn "WARNING, maybe group line ``$gid{$gid}'' is to long or to\n" .
+ "much users in group, see group(5)\a\n";
+ }
return $name;
}