> Hi, I have researched online in order to solve this > and didn't find any information. [b]Could you please > how can I create a new username (numbers based) eg. > 0000-0000?[/b] > > please let me know, I'll apretiate your kindly > help!!!!!!! > > bergmp at gmail dot com
Accounts can be created with the "useradd" command. Limits on the username are listed in passwd(4): http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2251/passwd-4?l=en&a=view The format you desire exceeds the recommendations, if not the absolute limits, on both length and characters used. That said, _most_ software will probably work anyway with anything 32 characters or less (and not permitting colon or newline characters within the username), but older software (or software that exchanges the information with other systems) may not. Some older programs may assume that /usr/include/stdio.h:#define L_cuserid 9 could specify the size of an array of characters (including null terminator) sufficient to hold a username. Some older systems may assume that if an all upper-case username is entered, the terminal being used is unable to generate lower-case letters, and will therefore enable a conversion of all upper-case letters to lower-case letters when entered during that login session. This will usually prevent even getting logged in (since the username and password will no longer be an exact match). However much you may desire something that exceeds both the requirements and the suggested limits given in passwd(4), your best results will be achieved by fully complying with both. There is no single action that will adjust that, except that if you have programs of your own, some of them might need to be changed to exceed the 8 character limit. This is not an extreme limit. Other systems in the past have had similar limits, or even more restrictive ones. At one time, usernames on certain mainframes were limited to 7 characters (their limit has now gone up to 8). At least one real-time system (Harris VOS) allowed usernames that were _either_ at most six alphanumeric characters _or_ a number (with no punctuation) of a few more digits - that related to the unusual word length on the systems that ran VOS. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
