Original Post:
> Is there a limit to the length of user name ? After I add a new user, if the
> length of user name is more than 8 characters, the system will ask the user
> input password on the first login( but I didn't set any password). But everything
> will be O.K. if the user name is less than 8. I use SunOs 4.1.3.
>
The lenght of a username is limitted to 8 characters under SunOS 4.x,
see passwd(4) man page. To see this page use the command:
man 4 passwd
The command /usr/etc/pwck will verify passwd file has no errors.
my sincere thanks to..
Glenn Satchell glenn@uniq.com.au
J. Bern bern@uni-trier.de ,bern@TI.Uni-Trier.DE
Michael Sullivan mike@trdlnk.com
Danny Johnson djohnson@nbserv2.dseg.ti.com
Benjamin R. Cline benji@hnt.com
Frank Pardo fpardo@mail.tisny.com
Sanford Whitehouse sanford@lsil.com
Thanks a lot
Lihua Liu
Central South Univ. of Tech.
Changsha ,Hunan , 410083
China
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