[rhn-users] password file- max length of full name field

[Raj Kumar]

Thanks for the information!

I would probably have more than 60 characters... about 250 chars. These users are NIS users... I am concerned if NIS itself imposes any length restrictions since it serves passwd.byname etc maps to nis clients.

Thanks again!
Raj

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 Sterling,James A wrote :
>I have used about 60 characters .. name and phone number and building
>and project ..
>
>Hope this helps..
>
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> From: Raj Kumar [mailto:rajkum2002 at rediffmail.com]
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>Subject: [rhn-users] password file- max length of full name field
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>Hello everyone,
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>Does one know what's the maximum length of the full name of user field
>in /etc/password file. We want to store additional information of the
>user like their email address, phone number etc. Can someone tell how
>they store such information relevant to the user?
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>Thanks much!
>Raj
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