Subject: Re: long usernames
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Sean Davis <dive-nb@endersgame.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/13/2003 11:54:15
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:18:09AM -0500, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >I think it should. Something that also bugs me is /etc/security's mailing me
> >complaining about usernames that are longer than 8 characters. Is there a file
> >somewhere that I can configure the max login length, so a longer than 8 yet
> >smaller than kern.login_name_max login name won't cause excessive spam in the
> >security mail?
>
> # grep login /etc/defaults/security.conf
> max_loginlen=8
> # echo max_loginlen=16 >> /etc/security.conf
> #
>
*duh* Ok, I should have RTFM'd :) Thanks.
-Sean
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