[ale] Re: Linux User IDs

[dhamm at itserve.com (David Hamm)]

Internet Access Ltd. wrote:
> 
> We have user ID's with more than 8 characters without any problems.  The
> logins work fine when used via a dial-up connection with mgetty.  If
> however, you do have problems and the large ID is just for e-mail
> purposes, use the aliases file (eg: alias large-email-address at domain.com
> to user-id).
> 
> Daniel
> Technical Manager
> Internet Access Ltd.
> daniel at intac.co.uk
> 
> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Jon-Michael J. DeBona wrote:
> 
> > Quick question:
> >         Is there any way possible to get past the 8 character limitation
> > for user IDs on Linux (Slakware 2.0.1)?
> >         I know it is a weird question, but there is a good reason for
> > it.
> > TIA.
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It may not be causing a problem but I'd stongly urge you to take a look
at the login source coed.  When I looked at the one Slackware was using
it used the value defined in one of the system .h files to allocate a
static array for use as the user name buffer.