lunaslide wrote:
>
> At 10:46 AM 1/7/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >I have an Suse Linux (5.2 with some patches and kernel updates). I want
> >to have users names longer than 8 characters, but the useradd program
> >does not allow longer names.
> >
> >As I saw in the useradd source files, the program takes the max length
> >of hte user-name from a utmp.h header file, which indeed has a 8
> >character restriction. How can I increase the length of the user name??
> >Do I need to recompile the useradd sources with a changed utmp.h file???
> >
> >And what for is this utmp.h????
> >
> >
> >Any help???
>
> You can do this, but a whole host of other problems will prbably bite you.
> See, other programs sometimes assume the 8 char limit as well, and if they
> get more, they puke. FreeBSD has this problem as well and it's for the
> same reason. Here is their explaination:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ226.html#226
>
Why is it Red Hat allows for large usernames without
problems?
I've heard it has to do with Red Hat using glibc.
George
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