(copied from latest Debian bug message) It appears that this issue is resolved simply by adjusting max_length of the group_settings_name GtkEntry widget. Attached is a patch which increases max_length from 16 to 32 characters. I do not know if this is only appropriate for recent Linux distributions (i.e. if kFreeBSD or other platforms using g-s-t have more conservative limits).
** Patch added: "Increase maximum group name length to 32 characters" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/1371854/+attachment/5023714/+files/max_group_name_32_chars.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371854 Title: users-admin: group name limited to 16 characters Status in ubuntu-mate: Won't Fix Status in gnome-system-tools package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-system-tools package in Debian: New Bug description: In users-admin (a.k.a. Users Settings), under Manage Groups/Group Settings, while the listed groups available may have more than 16 characters, when viewing a group's properties the Group name field in Basic Settings only shows the first 16 characters (e.g. "chrome- remote-desktop" is truncated as "chrome-remote-de") . Additionally, this prevents creating a group with a name longer than 16 characters using users-admin. (I understand that the system limit may have been 16 characters historically; man groupadd reports it is currently 32 characters.) Present in both 14.04 (gnome-system-tools 3.0.0-3ubuntu4) and 14.10 (3.0.0-3ubuntu5). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1371854/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
