From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 16:16:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2453337B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:16:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.enter.net (smtp.enter.net [216.193.128.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF13F43EC5 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:16:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mfahey@enter.net) Received: from fahey.enter.net (fahey.enter.net [63.65.2.43]) by smtp.enter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EC78CD90C for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:18:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:19:09 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Fahey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: max length of name field in /etc/passwd Message-ID: <20021216191727.O31904-100000@fahey.enter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quick question. What is the max length of the name field for an entry in /etc/passwd? If the name is too long, /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb will fail with an error so i need to know how long it can be. Thanks in advance. With best regards, Mike Fahey - Systems Administration ******************************************************************** ENTER.NET - "The Road to the Internet Starts Here!" (tm) (610) 437-2221 * http://www.enter.net/ * email:support@enter.net ******************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message