change limit character username

[Domingo Muñoz Quílez]

hi,

we are migrating the version 10.20 to 11.00 to a new server. In the version 10.20 we have defined a user with 9 character of username and we to be able to create this user in 11.00 because there is a limit of 8 characters of username.

Is there any possibility of changed in this restriction of character username?

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

Check this document (docid=KBRC00003778). It outlines exactly what you need. The patch mentioned might be superseeded already. You need to check it.
http://us-support3.external.hp.com/emse/bin/doc.pl/sid=31bdacb80cd7c16eec?todo=search&searchcategory=ALL&rn=100&presort=rank&searchtext=KBRC00003778+&searchcriteria=allwords&searchtype=SEARCH_TECH_DOCS&x=22&y=5
Hope it helps..

[Joseph C. Denman]

I think this is what you need.

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x70b8cf38d6bdd5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

...jcd...

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Unless there is a VERY COMPELLING reason to do this; I would avoid it.

You can make this change but there is a non-zero probabilitity that you are going to clobber applications (especially legacy ones).
Because 8 characters has been the standard for UNIX back through the mists of time, if you ever need to migrate to another flavor of UNIX, you may very well have to change back.