On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 10:38 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > We use libnss-ldapd and nslcd at our university. We extensively use > the gecos field so far, to "encode" additional Information regarding > the user (e.g. if it is a guest of another person, department, ...). > In many cases thus this information exceeds 100 characters. > > If I read nslcd/passwd.c correctly, the maximal size for the gecos > field is limited to 100 characters. > > Would it be possible to have more flexibility here, or have a bigger > size of these fields at least?
I can grow the buffer sizes. They are mainly fixed size to reduce code complexity. What size do you suggest? Thanks, -- -- arthur - adej...@debian.org - http://people.debian.org/~adejong --
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