Re: sysinst username length limit

2024-04-02 Thread Martin Husemann
On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 05:34:21AM +, Charlotte Koch wrote: > The 8 character limit is probably some historical thing, and besides, > it's completely bogus. I create accounts called 'charlotte' (9 chars) > all the time, with and without sysinst. The limit still exists if you use NIS to manage

sysinst username length limit

2024-04-02 Thread Charlotte Koch
Hola gang, When sysinst(8) invites the user to create a new user account, it alludes to a username limitation of 8 characters. The exact wording for this was recently changed in the English case, to avoid potential confusion. But I suggest we can avoid all confusion by removing mention of any max