Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:23:32 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "FreeBSD-Stable" <FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bumping MAXLOGNAME? Message-ID: <000f01bdd222$786751c0$c3e0d9cf@westbend.net>
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From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> >Scot W. Hetzel wrote: > >> I have done this on several 2.2-STABLE systems. You'll need to patch >> adduser.perl, rmuser.perl, param.h, stdio.h, and utmp.h. > > I'm curious as to why you've had to patch stdio.h. I've been using 16 >char usernames on -Stable for a year now and never (TMK) ran into a >problem with it. > It was mentioned in one of the posts to the stable/questions list on how to set up 16 character usernames for 2.2-STABLE. And when reviewing stdio.h, it says that L_cuserid is supposed to be UT_NAMESIZE + 1, and to look at utmp.h for UT_NAMESIZE. Scot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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