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Miquel_2
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‎10-27-2005 09:55 AM

‎10-27-2005 09:55 AM

User name length

Can I create a user name with more than 8 characters ?

Thanks,
Miquel.
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Steven E. Protter
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‎10-27-2005 10:34 AM

‎10-27-2005 10:34 AM

Re: User name length

useradd jerusalem

Response:
Login 'jerusalem' is invalid

HP-UX 11.11(11i v1).

Characters beyond 8 will be ignored in certain contexts.

That may be different in 11.23.

The system I tested on is trusted.

You can take authentication to ADS or LDAP and get Unix to accept user names longer than eight characters.

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Granite
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‎10-27-2005 10:38 AM

‎10-27-2005 10:38 AM

Re: User name length

Hi,

No, you cannot set the username more than 8 characters.Useradd validates only for 8 characters and if its more it returns command invalidity.

Regds,granite
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