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тАО03-22-2000 09:07 PM
тАО03-22-2000 09:07 PM
Increasing the limitation of 8 char. for username
Hi all,
Can someone enlighten me on how to increase the limitation of 8 charecter on
username. The platform is hp ux 10.20 and a requirement has come to have a
username of more than 8 charecters.
Thanks,
Srini
Can someone enlighten me on how to increase the limitation of 8 charecter on
username. The platform is hp ux 10.20 and a requirement has come to have a
username of more than 8 charecters.
Thanks,
Srini
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тАО03-22-2000 10:53 PM
тАО03-22-2000 10:53 PM
Re: Increasing the limitation of 8 char. for username
You can create usernames with more than 8 characters manually by vi'ing the
/etc/passwd file. However this IS NOT SUPPORTED because of interoperability in
heterogenous systems using NIS and NIS+.
As a result youcannot use SAM and you should be aware that :
Testing with 2 usernames: "morethan" & "morethan8c"
- both required the full username string to log in, for example, logging in
"morethan8" yielded an invalid login ID.
I repeat this is not supported and my advise is to avoid doing this.
/etc/passwd file. However this IS NOT SUPPORTED because of interoperability in
heterogenous systems using NIS and NIS+.
As a result youcannot use SAM and you should be aware that :
Testing with 2 usernames: "morethan" & "morethan8c"
- both required the full username string to log in, for example, logging in
"morethan8" yielded an invalid login ID.
I repeat this is not supported and my advise is to avoid doing this.
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тАО03-23-2000 04:09 AM
тАО03-23-2000 04:09 AM
Re: Increasing the limitation of 8 char. for username
I agree. I had same problem. If you have username more then 8, in NIS it will
says unknown ID. big time problem. don't use it.
Sachin
says unknown ID. big time problem. don't use it.
Sachin
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