Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 09:12:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <root@buffnet.net> To: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: username length and passwd Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.91.960809091151.27576H-100000@buffnet1.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199608082034.QAA04153@garion.hq.ferg.com>
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I cant think of any worse idea than to try and change login length under any flavor of unix. On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Branson Matheson wrote: > > 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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