Naming Convention Limits

[Ed Wilts]

On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 05:47:36AM -0500, Esquivel, Vicente wrote:
> Anyone have any idea of there is such a limit? 

There is a limit but it's changed from release to release.  I believe
that a username can only be 12 or 16 characters.  The easiest thing to
do is to test it with useradd.  Start with a 12-character string and
work your way up.  You'll find the limit pretty quickly.

        .../Ed

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Esquivel, Vicente
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:24 PM
> > To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Naming Convention Limits
> >  
> > Is there a limit on the maximum number of alpha/numeric 
> > characters a username can be on RedHat?
> >  

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