Re: [seul-edu] long usernames?

[Bill Tihen -- TECHNOLOGY <bill@mail.tasis.ch>]

Is there any idea that this may change.  It would make
my users happy.

Bill

Quoting 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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> >>
> >
> 

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