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Thanks for the information!<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Thanks again!<BR>
Raj<BR>
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 Sterling,James A wrote :<BR>
>I have used about 60 characters .. name and phone number and building<BR>
>and project ..<BR>
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>Hope this helps..<BR>
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> From: Raj Kumar [mailto:rajkum2002@rediffmail.com]<BR>
>Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 3:43 PM<BR>
>To: Red Hat Network Users List<BR>
>Subject: [rhn-users] password file- max length of full name field<BR>
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>Hello everyone,<BR>
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>Does one know what's the maximum length of the full name of user field<BR>
>in /etc/password file. We want to store additional information of the<BR>
>user like their email address, phone number etc. Can someone tell how<BR>
>they store such information relevant to the user?<BR>
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>Thanks much!<BR>
>Raj<BR>
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