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> Re: vsftpd: defs.h limits the username length to 32 chars > Expéditeur: > Daniel Baumann <dan...@debian.org> > Date: > Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:00:35 +0100 > Destinataire: > 404926-d...@bugs.debian.org, 404926-submit...@bugs.debian.org > > Destinataire: > 404926-d...@bugs.debian.org, 404926-submit...@bugs.debian.org > > > Hi, > > on linux, you cannot have longer login names than 32 chars anyway due to > libc6. Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to me to have longer names > in vsftpd. > Sorry, but this is wrong. Usernames longer than 32 chars do work. They are truncated in utmp.h but one can login. Our naming policy involve sometimes longer than 32 chars ftp usernames. Once I changed defs.h it did work. Also, vsftp still says "login failed", it should at least return a meaningful error such as "invalid username". It would save users facing this issue some hassle. Please, reopen this bug. Reagrds, - -- Clément Hermann (nodens) - - "L'air pur ? c'est pas en RL, ça ? c'est pas hors charte ?" Jean in L'Histoire des Pingouins, http://tnemeth.free.fr/fmbl/linuxsf/ Vous trouverez ma clef publique sur le serveur public pgp.mit.edu. Please find my public key on the public keyserver pgp.mit.edu. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmF5N0ACgkQ0yQ2guvROZ3B7QCdHbnFfqcHzriuun2E3O6+6KLE VDkAnRT5h3HGo3+UzLfZWocXKPviL5bR =+LmV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
