Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 16:34:57 -0400 From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: username length and passwd Message-ID: <199608082034.QAA04153@garion.hq.ferg.com>
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Well this is interesting: I just made a user name that was 'reallylong' which is 10 characters. Well with in the limit specified in /usr/include/sys/param.h: #define MAXLOGNAME 12 /* max login name length */ So no problem right... wrong: branson@garion >finger reallylong Login: reallylong Name: Really Long User Name Directory: /nonexistant Shell: /none Never logged in. No Mail. No Plan. No problem so far... but... branson@garion >passwd reallylong passwd: unknown user reallylong NOw what? -branson -- ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?
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