Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 15:03:49 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Byron Schlemmer <byron.schlemmer@realtime.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 16 Character or longer usernames Message-ID: <53070641.996851028@geko> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0108031433230.14725-100000@cyclops.ehsrealtime.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0108031433230.14725-100000@cyclops.ehsrealtime. com>
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On 03 August 2001 14:40 -0400 Byron Schlemmer wrote, > I'm having problems getting FreeBSD to accept longer than 16 character > usernames. I've come across the following hack L > > I edit the following file : > > /usr/src/sys/sys/param.h : > #define MAXLOGNAME 17 /* max login name length (incl. NUL) */ > and > /usr/src/include/utmph : > #define UT_NAMESIZE 16 /* see MAXLOGNAME in <sys/param.h> */ > > Then I do a make world. > > The above values seem to work as far as adding users go but I noticed > this little problem : > > [byrons@localhost byrons]$ top > kvm_open: proc size mismatch (40128 total, 1104 chunks) > top: Out of memory. Make sure you rebuild the kernel, once you've rebuilt the world - if the two get out of sync, you'll see errors like this... -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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