Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 18:36:54 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd@cavecreek.net> Cc: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAXLOGNAME and UT_NAMESIZE Message-ID: <02f801bd8f48$7e67efc0$c3e0d9cf@admin.westbend.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02F5_01BD8F1E.951C69A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: FreeBSD <freebsd@cavecreek.net> >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. It seems to work here. Did you do a "make world", and re-build the kernel? As I believe, this change also affects other programs and libraries. I have been using the attached patches on my 2.2.x-STABLE sources for long user names. These patches are designed to be placed one directory lower in the src tree (i.e. /usr/src/patches ). Then to update your sources and keep long user names, you do the following: make update ( cd /usr/src/patches/usersize16 ; make ) make world Scot ------=_NextPart_000_02F5_01BD8F1E.951C69A0 Content-Type: application/x-compressed; name="usersize16.tgz" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="usersize16.tgz" H4sIAIfTdTUAA+1Z+W/iRhTOr/Zf8ZZEq4SC8fgk5FAR0ISKSxzaqloJGRjAWmNTH5vsRvnfOzO2 A04gdFtCqtafkviYd8zMm/fNGyfwsOuZ3zHSCkdvBVBEXVXhCCjE6KpH1+glaKqINFlFIrlHInk6 AvXNerSGwPMNF+DIdRz/NbmRaR+iO4dGsIp/0/iCp6aF9+6DxFRTlK3xR0iSnuIvauQeSQoi8Rf3 3pMN+J/H/5g/hjjwMHVcWC0I/pjvlPuV26ul4Y/nkJ/wg36zM6zWu1cnD0Jl0CV3jwVBoD+mPbaC CeZ7/Wq9HYnE0o/ETLfc3KzoffPoL1+uVge97maZwHMFj8x/wZhMaPd43rCsErBu8Ty7lHjuZzye O5Dp0EfTnkHgL5bCHARByJDGkwc2lkdY6xdcwpovZgd7hVBPiKy/MOv5E9PZaPdp7FsMR5pbLS8N 11hstPw0f1ssR5pbLUfzJiyxa20wv5r7LfbX9WMnQhRyuBx5E8ELRhPTFRZfrvn3XtEpfgRr/B9H e+8+fmD/V0QRUf6XdC3d/w+BDfF/me3/0MfO/V/W4/jLqiaTN5ooSen+fwhks9nE9iA4rjnj+gGG Kh6DLIKISopYEmVA5+c6n8/nE+LcJzwh9YNLgkgESkgtIYlKFvlsEvQZpHM9J4sKsBcAfBj/uzmp PU7RGTzQF9yJbSwwXMHHsWNPTXcxtEzPP83UbB+H1Qltz+QA5SBj5L+L+fNhnjxmMmcX/AfgzCmc Wtie+fNTZukMrqFIbZM25s1wbcgMIjtgemA59oyY9ueGDUUYzw3X+2x8tjMXpDtMxcb3Pnt4pH8s w/OBevlo47shy58hNTX8aljmJHaK/4Dw7oLNWTxycp8/5MiR9peHjrQ3GPt7L+8UO7CB/xPV5D58 7OJ/lZBHyP+SIrPzv6IrKOX/Q4DSchzwkPrnAfwa2AAqoGKJsr+0ov5IMsH6RUL5JVnZzvqamtPR GucfT8hp08Zcs/xbpd1s1Foc0jiukIWFcQ9jZ7Ew7AkwhnLxAi9G2CXesoWkZr3Vr3U7nCw9aZqU JpcupmTJTrPMREiIVP3DunqjfdMqN2scWulbzsy0nyslfA463QrHVW7rjeqQPMaKnrkILN+wsRN4 sHSdMfY87CW1W5Vy96bHceQvU411R998IkrP3YSB8T3ZcqeBPfZNx36mf9NtDzrEQHSz7t8O6BzB zHWCJXNLIxVO+mq7+TdNuiT+Byf9vRP5b2ID/ye+U+zDxw7+B500Rvyv6brO+J+e/1L+f3tQgo4D zvi/Z/jwCx6BhECUS7IWlf5FxiqR5DP+l9WSqL5S9etijpzn4x0gyjFzapM0g2G51asPe+1Bt1Ij r0l20dXIknNM1yapKuWzCxj0h5Q6evXfa/ATLYA9jOEy/FR3nSSaxjBS5M6T1EcaCE0tSAMSJYVL uAobmKtOuX9LMz3sZ1i9RyOI6PRwI0D6PobwWvw35P/6B9C9rLFd9R9pjvOfnP/p939Fk9P8Pwho gkYB313+hYLPsl/US4q2PfsVLadKce7H63jIVuinfrPDZQpfDbdA6oDCHbGeeSHUKPf6pHBYk6OH UHKlomtJs5ZfXJFlBsmvVdFBKhW4pP9siErY6+RWT7Qb9VaknXx/2+712XukxXwQjiligwONiZRr bzeo916FKVKkSJEiRYoUKQ6FPwGzInvIACgAAA== ------=_NextPart_000_02F5_01BD8F1E.951C69A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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