Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:54:05 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov (Guy Helmer) Cc: root@nussi.ml.org, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug ? Message-ID: <199903102154.QAA02246@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.05.9903101505470.15928-100000@demios.scl.ameslab.gov> from Guy Helmer at "Mar 10, 99 03:10:57 pm"
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Guy Helmer wrote,
> On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, nussi wrote:
>
> > Dear FreeBSD Team !!!
> >
> > i have some silly Questions... (sorry for mistakes, iam from Vienna)
> >
> > 1. why i cant remove a user with big letters ?
> > e.g. i cant delete "Nussi" because its not alphanummeric
> > but i can delete "nussi" ...
> > what can i do to remove a user without "rmuser" ?
> > i really need this and when its not possible to remove names
> > with big letters i must change back to Linux :(
>
> Hmm, that's a simple change (I wonder why this hasn't come up before?).
Because, as pointed out in 'man adduser,'
RESTRICTIONS
username
Login name. May contain only lowercase characters or digits.
^^^^^^^^^
Maximum length is 8 characters (see setlogin(2) BUGS section).
The reasons for this limit are "Historical". Given that people
have traditionally wanted to break this limit for aesthetic rea-
sons, it's never been of great importance to break such a basic
fundamental parameter in UNIX. You can change UT_NAMESIZE in
/usr/include/utmp.h and recompile the world; people have done
this and it works, but you will have problems with any precom-
piled programs, or source that assumes the 8-character name limit
and NIS. The NIS protocol mandates an 8-character username. If
you need a longer login name for e-mail addresses, you can define
an alias in /etc/aliases.
You should not have uppercase characters in a username in the first
place. I personally like the sarcasm in there.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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