Re: login name length
From: Bill Vermillion (bv_at_wjv.com)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:15:01 GMT
In article <111urd3ft81tm87@corp.supernews.com>,
news.nuvox.net <fabiog@venmar.com> wrote:
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>"Rick" <mis@sostexas.com> wrote in message
>news:111s1vk6prvi4a@corp.supernews.com...
>> hi all,
>>
>> currently running os 5.0.6. in the /etc/default/accounts file, there are 2
>> parameters, min_user_name and max_user_name that i believe control the
>> minimum and maximum length of allowable login names. mine are currently
>> set to 3 and 8 respectively. is there a maximum length that i can change
>> the max_user_name value to.
>>
>> i seem to remember that i read somewhere that even tho the value of the
>> max_user_name could be increased to more than 8, only the first 8
>> characters are actually significant. is that correct?
>>
>> if i change it to say, 25, will this create any problems for me?
>>
>> the reason i ask is that management wants to change the sco logins to
>> match the windows network logins, which are first initial lastname.
>>
>> any help or guidance greatly appreciated.
>> tia
>> rick
>My understanding that 8 is the MAX max. I know for a fact
>Mscoadmin->Account anager will not let you type more than 8
>Mcharacters.
And just a comment - that applies to other *n*x variants - while
many will support very long user names - there are many things
which start having problems once you get past 16 character user
names. And the directory displays get very messy when long user
names are there as the field display will be pushed so the columns
line up and you find that the far right column often wraps around.
That is purely cosmetic.
Having adminstered systems with long user names I'd advise against it
if you can avoid it.
Bill
-- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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