On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 05:47:36AM -0500, Esquivel, Vicente wrote:
> Anyone have any idea of there is such a limit?
There is a limit but it's changed from release to release. I believe
that a username can only be 12 or 16 characters. The easiest thing to
do is to test it with useradd. Start with a 12-character string and
work your way up. You'll find the limit pretty quickly.
.../Ed
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> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Esquivel, Vicente
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:24 PM
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> > Subject: Naming Convention Limits
> >
> > Is there a limit on the maximum number of alpha/numeric
> > characters a username can be on RedHat?
> >
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