At 05:51 AM 1/8/99 -1000, you wrote:
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:
<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ226.html#226"><A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ226.html#226</A">http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ226.html#226</A</A>>
Why is it Red Hat allows for large usernames without problems? I've heard it has to do with Red Hat using glibc.
Perhaps Red Hat has done the necessary plumbing to make longer user names work. It would have to involve more than just glibc. lunaslide * PGP key->pgpkeys.mit.edu port 11371 * * * * * * * When you say Windows NT, I don't exactly think of hot chicks. * -Lin-Ann Ching * * * * * * * * - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>