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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Lowell Gilbert
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 8:54 AM
To: aksis
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: change max username length
aksis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there a simple was to change the max username length?
Check the archives of this list; this has been
discussed more than once in the last month.
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From man adduser:
The user name is restricted to whatever pw(8) will
accept. Generally this means it may contain only lowercase
char-
acters or digits. Maximum length is 16 characters. The
reasons
for this limit are historical. Given that people have
tradition-
ally wanted to break this limit for aesthetic reasons, it
has
never been of great importance to break such a basic
fundamental
parameter in UNIX. You can change UT_NAMESIZE in utmp.h
and
recompile the world; people have done this and it works,
but you
will have problems with any precompiled programs, or source
that
assumes the 8-character name limit and NIS. The NIS
protocol
mandates an 8-character username. If you need a longer
login
name for e-mail addresses, you can define an alias in
/etc/mail/aliases.
Plus here's a pointer to one discussion.
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2005-04/1879.h
tml
Our only application for this is email, and aliases work fine.
-gayn
Bristol Systems Inc.
714/532-6776
www.bristolsystems.com
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