Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:41:09 +0200 From: Juergen Unger <j.unger@jpru.de> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: username and groupname question Message-ID: <20070416004109.GA74357@jpru.ffm.jpru.de> In-Reply-To: <20070415200952.11c899b2@vixen42> References: <20070415200952.11c899b2@vixen42>
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Hi ! On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 08:09:52PM -0400, Vulpes Velox wrote: > Just looking at implementing some ACL stuff and just got wondering, > what is the max length of those? /usr/include/sys/user.h says 17 for LOGNAME but I think this includes the extra char for '\0' for security reasons. 16 should be correct for username and groupname I think. At least is this the maximum user- and groupname lenght which is displayed by various tools. bye, Juergen
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