Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 07 Sep 1999 10:08:02 +0100 (BST) | From | Anton Ivanov <> | Subject | Re: numerical username |
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On 07-Sep-99 Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <cistron.37D59FBC.15771FAE@netcraft.com.my>, > ywlee <ywlee@netcraft.com.my> wrote: >>hi, >>does anyone know where to change in the kernel so that I can begin >>my username with numerical symbols? and also allows more than 8 >>characters? > > The kernel doesn't know about usernames, only about user ids. This is > a userspace (glibc) issue. I think libc5 did indeed limit you to > 8 characters, but who uses libc5 nowadays ;) > > So if you use glibc, you can have long usernames. If they may or > may not start with a number depends more on the tools on the rest > of your system.
There is a whole bunch of apps that will dislike you if the name is non-conventiional. ntalk for example dislikes dots, quota and other user utils dislike long names, etc, etc, etc.
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