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| author |   Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-06-09 20:45:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-06-09 20:45:35 +0000 |
| commit | 6895cdddb0c0ed132d604228830ddc9ed078e8ee (patch) | |
| tree | 2ea225f9aed78c897431369cbbcdff0d47d02d30 /adduser/adduser.8 | |
| parent | 4d24253ba81731af4b869a386e0ba38f79b66688 (diff) | |
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documented login name limit
Obtained from: mailing list
Diffstat (limited to 'adduser/adduser.8')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/adduser/adduser.8 b/adduser/adduser.8 index a7959cf..e7afbc9 100644 --- a/adduser/adduser.8 +++ b/adduser/adduser.8 @@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" /usr/sbin/adduser - add new user(s) .\" -.\" Bugs: sure (my English!) -.\" Email: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> -.\" -.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.7 1995/03/08 22:44:35 ache Exp $ -.\" +.\" $Id: adduser.8,v 1.8 1996/01/30 13:48:14 mpp Exp $ .Dd Jan, 9, 1995 .Dt ADDUSER 8 @@ -59,7 +55,21 @@ HOME-directory, dotfiles and send new user a welcome message. .Sh RESTRICTION .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact .It Sy username -Login name. Only lowercase characters or digits. +Login name. Only lowercase characters or digits. Maximum length +is 8 characters (see +.Xr setlogin 2 +BUGS section). +The reasons for this limit is "Historical". +Given that people have traditionally wanted to break this +limit for aesthetic reasons, it's never been of great importance to break +such a basic fundamental parameter in UNIX. +You can change UT_NAMESIZE in /usr/include/utmp.h and recompile the +world; people have done this and it works, but you will have problems +with any precompiled programs, or source that assumes the 8-character +name limit and NIS. The NIS protocol mandates an 8-character username. +If you need a longer login name for e-mail addresses, +you can define an alias in +.Pa /etc/aliases . .It Sy fullname Firstname and surname. .Ql Pa \: @@ -225,6 +235,8 @@ logfile for adduser .Xr chpass 1 , .Xr finger 1 , .Xr passwd 1 , +.Xr setlogin 2 , +.Xr yp 4 , .Xr aliases 5 , .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr group 5 , @@ -238,6 +250,3 @@ logfile for adduser The .Nm command appeared in FreeBSD 2.1 - -.\" .Sh AUTHOR -.\" Wolfram Schneider, Berlin |