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The standard for FreeBSD 2.2.x is set to 8. I have changed UT_NAMESIZE and
MAXLOGNAME in ALL .h files (/usr/include/sys/utmp.h etc... etc)
and I recompiled    chown.c and getpwent.c and passwd.c

but still I get :     chown: <the_login_id>: illegal user name

when <the_login_id> exceeds 8 chars.

Any ideas anyone ? I need a maximum of 17 chars in a login ID.

Thanks

Peter.


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