Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 15:01:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@complx.LF.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modifying MAXLOGNAME ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990727145749.29565N-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <m119ELF-000zyUC@complx.LF.net>
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > 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 ? Note that MACS use 31 and Win95 machines use 20. Win NT machines use 128 but the UI limits you to 20 for w95 compatibility. (this is all relevant if you are going to use SAMBA and Netatalk.) International versions of Win95 use 10 double byte chars for japanese from memory (I may be wrong.. it's been a while) and (some time ago) the Norwegian version of W95 had a different limit to other W95 (!?!) > > -- > MfG/Best regards, Kurt Jaeger 21 years to go ! > LF.net GmbH pi@LF.net Oberon.net GmbH pi@oberon.net > Vor dem Lauch 23 fon +49 711 90074-23 Friedrich-Ebert-Str.1 > D-70567 Stuttgart fax +49 711 7289041 40210 Duesseldorf fon +49 211 179253-11 > For Redmond: "nuke the site from orbit -- it's the only way to be sure." > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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