> i am running Tru64 5.x with c2 security.
> can the login name length be longer than 8
> characters? and how to increase it ?
Unfortunately not. Login name length is still limited to
8 characters whether base or enhanced security. Tru64
Engineering had begun to change this but the work was
never completed.
Jason Orendorf - Unix Support Team
HP Services
orendorf@xxxxxx
1(800)633-3600
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