9 char. UID in our HP UNIX servers

[SamirShrestha]

Is it possible for 9 char. UID in our HP UNIX servers. I've HPUX 11.31 version installed in rx2660 machine. Now I would like to creade 9 charactered UID.

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

check this therad from ITRC :

"HPUX UserID Length Limit"

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1162904

mikap

[Taifur]

Hi,

Check below forum link,
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=84471


Cheers//
taifur

[Wim Rombauts]

Look at the manpage of "lugadmin". Executing "lugadmin -e" enables the system for long user and group names.

I have this feature activated since HP-UX 11.23 (where it was an optional feature to be installed separately) about 5 years ago and have never had issues with it.