Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:07:35 -0400 From: Branson Matheson <branson@widomaker.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Username Length.... Message-ID: <199608151307.JAA03808@garion.hq.ferg.com>
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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 <utmp.h>) */ #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?
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