[bugs] [illumos gate - Bug #1166] useradd have warning with name more 8 chars

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Fri Jul 1 22:36:24 PDT 2011


Issue #1166 has been updated by Richard PALO.


from the comments in <limits.h>
<pre>
LOGIN_NAME_MAX
    Maximum length of a login name. _Minimum_ Acceptable Value: _POSIX_LOGIN_NAME_MAX 
</pre>

btw, this *is* changing apparently in Solaris 11, 
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=510139&#510139
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Bug #1166: useradd have warning with name more 8 chars
https://www.illumos.org/issues/1166

Author: Igor Kozhukhov
Status: New
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
Difficulty: Medium
Tags: needs-triage


useradd have warning with name more 8 chars
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for example:
# useradd test567890
UX: useradd: test567890 name too long.

# cat /etc/passwd | grep test
test567890:x:1002:1::/home/test567890:/bin/sh
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the same problem with groupadd



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