Re: [seul-edu] long usernames?

[Michael Viron <mviron@wsdo.sao.uwf.edu>]

You may run into some login problems if you do go more than 8, as the login
program will only deal with the first 8 (at least on 6.1 and below)  You
will also get truncated owner names on the directory listings.

Most likely you would be better off sticking with the traditional 8
character login.

Mike
At 06:30 AM 03/30/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>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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