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From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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To: James Raynard <fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Longer usernames?
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James Raynard writes:
>> Unfortunately our libc mixed MAXLOGNAME and UT_NAMESIZE.
>
>I think you'll find libc only uses UT_NAMESIZE when it has to interact
>with NIS.

getlogin(2) (which use MAXLOGNAME) is a system call, all other functions
are libraries or user programs (*).

(*) except ps(1), strange.

Wolfram