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Date:      Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:38:42 -0700
From:      Jade <jade@fusetec.com>
To:        "Freebsd-Isp" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Modifying MAXLOGNAME ?
Message-ID:  <001501bed889$29597400$1600000a@winky.fusetec.com>
In-Reply-To: <m119ELF-000zyUC@complx.LF.net>

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I've done it on FBSD 2.x machines.  I also had to modify the command w's
report headers and recompile but that's it.  I had no other problems.

-- Jade
-- Fuse Technologies, Inc.
-- http://www.fusetec.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kurt Jaeger
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:01 PM
> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Modifying MAXLOGNAME ?
>
>
> Hi!
>
> Anyone ever changed
>
> MAXLOGNAME
>
> as defined in utmp.h:
> #define  UT_NAMESIZE     16
>
> and in sys/param.h: * MAXLOGNAME should be == UT_NAMESIZE+1 (see <utmp.h>)
>
> sys/param.h:#define     MAXLOGNAME      17	(includes NUL byte)
>
> and apparently in sys/acct.h and sys/proc.h and sys/user.h ?
>
> I want to increase this. Maybe to, say, 64 chars instead of 16.
>
> Suggestions ?
>
> --
> MfG/Best regards, Kurt Jaeger                                  21
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