Document MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP.

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+2008-03-08  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+       * etc/login.defs: Document MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP.
+
 2008-03-07  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
        * src/newgrp.c: Add missing end of line in message.

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@@ -357,3 +357,13 @@ ENVIRON_FILE       /etc/environment
 #
 USERGROUPS_ENAB yes
 
+#
+# If set to a non-nul number, the shadow utilities will make sure that
+# groups never have more than this number of users on one line.
+# This permit to support split groups (groups split into multiple lines,
+# with the same group ID, to avoid limitation of the line length in the
+# group file).
+#
+# 0 is the default value and disables this feature.
+#
+#MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP 0