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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:46:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bob K <melange@yip.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 24-character usernames?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903230941220.22286-100000@pi.yip.org>
In-Reply-To: <199903222108.WAA18769@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>

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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Oliver Fromme wrote:

> Bob K wrote in list.freebsd-stable:
>  > I recently wanted to try out 24-character usernames on my system.  So,
>  > following the man page for adduser, I changed UT_NAMESIZE in
>  > /usr/include/utmp.h to 24 from the default of 16.  I then changed
>  > MAXLOGNAME in /usr/include/sys/param.h to 25, as per the comments in both
>  > utmp.h and param.h.  I then made buildworld && make installworld (-j4 -O
>  > -pipe only) and a new kernel (-O -pipe), and then built the various ports
>  > that would need it.
> 
> Did you change it in /usr/include only?  If I'm not mistaken,
> you have to change it in /usr/src/include before doing a make
> world (otherwise it doesn't really take effect).

Ah.  I think I did after the 2nd cvsup.  One thing to note is that
changing it in /usr/src/include is mentioned in the handbook, but not in
the manpages for adduser (which only mentions making the world).  I'll
cvsup today and make world again after making totally sure I have that in
there before starting.



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