Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:17:30 +0200 | From | Gabor Lenart <> | Subject | Re: long username |
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On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 03:07:20PM -0800, ywlee wrote: > hi, > does anyone know where to change in the kernel source, so that the > allowable username can be more than the current 8 characters?
AFAIK, kernel does not care about names only numerical UIDs (user ID). Translating between user names and uids are based on /etc/passwd file and it's done by libc. This is not a kernel issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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