Re: [seul-edu] long usernames?

[Mike <mikebell@richnet.net>]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 10:29:56AM +0200, Bill Tihen -- TECHNOLOGY wrote:

We've got a server running now with login names longer than 8, some up to
around 14 I think.  It seems that many programs only pay attention to the
first 8 though.  The group name gets truncated to 8 chars.  You certainly
want to check for duplicates before doing this.

My disclaimer on this is that I'm far from an expert on the end result of
doing this.  I simply know that it have been working for several months now
on a server here.


> I have just configured a new server.  I  was wondering
> if anybody knows if it is now an "Okay" idea to use
> login names longer than 8 characters.  I tried this a
> couple of years ago, and it created some problems.
> 
> The server is running RH 6.1.  Anybody know the wisdom
> of creating 300 accounts with long usernames?
> 
> Thanks Bill
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