Asri-unix.157 net.general utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!sjk Fri Dec 4 05:17:41 1981 query about long unames here at sri-unix, we are trying to decide whether or not to inforce a policy to limit unames to 8 characters or less. why this is an issue is that certain programs (notably "passwd" and "Mail") call getlogin(3) which fails since only 8 chars are stored in /etc/utmp. has anyone else encountered this problem and what was your solution? what other functions fail due to long unames? thanx. scott ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.