The length of User Name

2007-12-25 11:08:00

Original Post:

> Is there a limit to the length of user name ? After I add a new user, if the

> length of user name is more than 8 characters, the system will ask the user

> input password on the first login( but I didn't set any password). But everything

> will be O.K. if the user name is less than 8. I use SunOs 4.1.3.

>

The lenght of a username is limitted to 8 characters under SunOS 4.x,

see passwd(4) man page. To see this page use the command:

  man 4 passwd

The command /usr/etc/pwck will verify passwd file has no errors.

my sincere thanks to..

Glenn Satchell glenn@uniq.com.au

J. Bern bern@uni-trier.de ,bern@TI.Uni-Trier.DE

Michael Sullivan mike@trdlnk.com

Danny Johnson djohnson@nbserv2.dseg.ti.com

Benjamin R. Cline benji@hnt.com

Frank Pardo fpardo@mail.tisny.com

Sanford Whitehouse sanford@lsil.com

Thanks a lot

Lihua Liu

Central South Univ. of Tech.

Changsha ,Hunan , 410083

China

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