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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:44:38 -0600
From:      Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to>
To:        Joao Assad <assadj@psi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: max login name length
Message-ID:  <20010313094438.A19057@billygoat.slb.to>
In-Reply-To: <033501c0abd2$bc8b46e0$0500000a@joao>; from assadj@psi.com on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:31:55PM -0300
References:  <033501c0abd2$bc8b46e0$0500000a@joao>

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> Im running 4.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 20 13:02:55
> GMT 2000 and would like to know whats the max login name length for
> FreeBSD right now. I have found this so far:
> 
> /usr/src/sys/sys/param.h
> #define MAXLOGNAME      17        /* max login name length (incl. NUL) */
> 
> I would like to know how to increase the max login name length (
> dont think I can just change this value without breaking stuff ). Im
> also upgrading to -stable pretty soon, so lemme know if -stable
> support MAXLOGNAME > 17 plz

This is (essentially) 12.6 in the FAQ:

  http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/misc.html#LOGIN-8CHAR

Lucas

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