On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Roberto Pereyra wrote:
> Changing to the source code, it would have to be able to be increased the
> length of the usernames. I have done it with FreeBSD, but I don't known how
> to do with OpenBSD.
>
> roberto
>
>
> 2005/12/28, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > What is the maximum length of username for useradd(8)?
> > > Where is it defined?
> >
> > See passwd(5) ("man 5 passwd").
> >
> >
>
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The maximum length of a username is 31 characters.
"The login name may be up to 31 characters long. For compatibility with
legacy software, a login name should start with a letter and consist
solely of letters, numbers, dashes and underscores. The login name
must never begin with a hyphen (`-'); also, it is strongly suggested
that neither uppercase characters nor dots (`.') be part of the name, as
this tends to confuse mailers. No field may contain a colon as this has
been used historically to separate the fields in the user database."
Is that not long enough?
Regards John.
