Hi Arthur Thank you for your fast reply!
On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 09:04:07PM +0200, Arthur de Jong wrote: > 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? I understand. Thank you, would you think either 1024 or 512 would be acceptable? Regards Salvatore
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