Re: sysinst(8) and 8 character limitation when adding a user

["Rocky Hotas" <rockyhotas%post.com@localhost>]

> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:50 AM
> From: "Martin Husemann" <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
> To: "Rocky Hotas" <rockyhotas%post.com@localhost>
> Cc: "NetBSD Users Mailing List" <netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost>
> Subject: Re: sysinst(8) and 8 character limitation when adding a user

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> That would likely be:
> 
>  > sysctl kern.login_name_max

Ok!

> so 17 (which is 16 characters + 0 termination). Longer user names still
> would work, but will often be truncated on display (and need to be
> unique within the first 16 chars).
> 
> Hmm, actually we may make the text dynamic in sysinst.

If the same explanation as here is too long for sysinst(8), maybe it's
simpler to not specify the length (hoping that usernames with > 16
characters are seldom chosen).

> 
> Martin
> 

Thanks :)

Rocky