Hmm, this can't be it since it won't accept my full name (22 characters). > I am not sure this is true but try 256 characters. I think that what > they setup for WindowsNT and Linux was following? > > Dan > > ---- Matthew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, everyone, > > > > Ok, here's my silly, newbie-esque question for the week: how many > > characters are allowed in a username? I'm under the impression that > > it is > > 8, but 'adduser' allows you to create users with more characters than > > that. > > > > You'd also think that it would be easy to find the answer to this > > question, but I've man'd adduser & login, and scoured deja.com and > > Linux > > Unleashed (the Debian mailing list search seems to be not functioning > > currently. I got 'No Matches' no matter what I entered, even 'potato' > > for > > the most recent quarter). I even re-installed potato in a blank partition > > to see if it said anything about how many characters are allowed. > > It > > doesn't, it just puts you back to the 'Enter Username' field if you > > enter > > a very long name. > > > > TIA for any help :) > > > > Cheers.................... > > > > Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt > > --Someday, I'll have a web page.-- > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > < /dev/null > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, > all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com >
Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt --Someday, I'll have a web page.--
