From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 8 13:35:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA10286 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 13:35:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-23.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.123]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA10258 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 13:35:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA04153 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:34:58 -0400 Message-Id: <199608082034.QAA04153@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 From: Branson Matheson To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: username length and passwd Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 16:34:57 -0400 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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?