Hi Chris, On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Chris Siakos wrote: > Hello, > I am using pam_mysql to authenticate pop users against a mysql database. > All works well until I enter a username longer than 13 characters. I spoke > to the authors of pam_mysql and they are puzzled as the length of the > username is returned by pam itself and not the module. I also authenticated > against the system pass account via pam, and that also failed (for long > usernames). > Pointing to a pam problem rather than pam_mysql. > Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. I am using PAM on a Linux SuSE 7.0 > distribution. What version of PAM does SuSE include, and what POP server are you using? I've just tested with a 16-character username, and I'm afraid I'm not able to reproduce this problem on a RedHat 6.1 machine (pam 0.72) using pam_unix and the 'su' command. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer