Albert, I tend to agree with you heartily that the limit is somehow to low and artificial in nature. If as another list member stated it's due to utilities that are unable to handle larger than 8 character strings it's the first case of what someone was talking about in a lug last month. That many of the standard utilities are getting a bit long in the tooth, and may soon bite us in the backside. I'm off to a lug tonight let me ask around and see what people say. Deborah Sinissiaschalchia will appreciate the added room (Hope I spelled her name right haven't seen here since high school, oh so many decades ago.)
James On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 03:09, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > Albert E. Whale wrote: > > > How do I eliminate the 8 character User ID on LM 8.2? > > > > > > -- > > > Albert E. Whale - CISSP > > > > Albert, > > > > I can't help but ask...why in the world would you wish to do so. That > > limitation is part of the system design. Just how many characters did > > you plan on needing per username? most systems I know of, including > > WinNT, Win2K, Novell Netware, and all the *nix systems I've ever seen > > typically use a 3 character username schema. > > > > Mark > > Mark, > > I am a *nix Advocate, and I've worked in this environment for more than 17 > years. Most recently I am converting from more of a Hands on Administrator to > Enterprise Management and Security. > > I have never seen this (ahem) 'DOS' Limitation imposed before. In my mind the > limitation I am used to seeing in the Commercial Unix environment is 128 > characters, and in some points I believe the Limits were stated at 1024 > characters. > > While I have never needed a Login Id of this magnitude, I must pause and > reflect in this day and age of DOS (Denial of Service) attacks which are aimed > at buffer overflows. If the Login Buffer is allocated for 1024 characters > (maximize the space for an actual id), how is it possible to overflow this > field? > > I digress, I am still wondering if the fix is in the PAM Modules. > > ANyone had a chance to review the information while I travel to the customer > site? > -- > Albert E. Whale - CISSP > http://www.abs-comptech.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists > Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant > Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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