From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 15 06:08:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA06506 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 06:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-05.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.105]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA06499 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 06:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA03808 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:07:36 -0400 Message-Id: <199608151307.JAA03808@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 From: Branson Matheson To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Username Length.... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:07:35 -0400 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok.. I figured out how to get the username length to 11 characters. You have to change in /usr/include/utmp.h: #define UT_NAMESIZE 8 to #define UT_NAMESIZE 11 because in /usr/include/sys/param.h: /* MAXLOGNAME should be >= UT_NAMESIZE (see ) */ #define MAXLOGNAME 12 /* max login name length */ and rebuild the clibs and associated programs ( make world gets them all ). but my question is this... what is the reason for keeping it at 8 characters?!? I know that there may be problems with ls.. and I am contemplating patching that.. but what other problems would I encounter? -branson -- ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?