On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 07:50:33 +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 05:34:21AM +0000, Charlotte Koch wrote:
>> The 8 character limit is probably some historical thing, and besides,
>> it's completely bogus. I create accounts called 'charlotte' (9 chars)
>> all the time, with and without sysinst.
>
> The limit still exists if you use NIS to manage passwords.
It does? My YP master says
% awk -F: '{ if (length($1) > 8) { print $1 }}' < /etc/passwd | wc -l
18
%
The linux and freebsd clients seem to be fine with that.
I don't use {passwd,group}_compat, though.
Cheerio,
Hauke
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