Subject: Re: standards/36543 (internal username field lengths should be consistent)
To: None <standards-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@planix.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/24/2007 19:15:04
The following reply was made to PR standards/36543; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Greg A. Woods" <woods@planix.com>
To: NetBSD GNATS <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
Cc: <standards-manager@netbsd.org>, <gnats-admin@netbsd.org>,
<christos@netbsd.org>
Subject: Re: standards/36543 (internal username field lengths should be consistent)
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:11:18 -0400
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At Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:34:13 +0000 (UTC), christos@netbsd.org wrote:
Subject: Re: standards/36543 (internal username field lengths should be con=
sistent)
>=20
> Synopsis: internal username field lengths should be consistent
>=20
> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> State-Changed-By: christos@netbsd.org
> State-Changed-When: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:34:12 -0400
> State-Changed-Why:
> L_cuserid is just obsolete as the man page mentions and it is there=20
> just for compatibility. I am not sure it is worth changing...
Hmmm... well for compatibility I think it should be consistent with the
true length used by the system. Otherwise it should be removed.
> Changing LOGIN_NAME_MAX to 33, changes the username length in the whole
> system (kernel included). Is that your intention?
Yes, most certainly! :-)
If wtmpx/utmpx can store that much, then it should all be usable!
--=20
Greg A. Woods
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