Re: max username length

[Ian McWilliam <ianm@cit.uws.edu.au>]

On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Dave wrote:

> hey all...
> 
> Just a simple question!
> Is this the file that I modify to change my user-
> names past the 8 max character?
> 
> /usr/include/utmp.h
> 
> #define UT_NAMESIZE     8
>         char    ut_name[UT_NAMESIZE];
> 
> 
> Thanx.
> Dave
> 
> 

No. It's not just as simple as this. For one there are other include files
that need mending. The tool chain needs mending. Ports tree && X11 tree
may need fixing. I haven't even looked there yet.

It's still a large work in progress. and No I haven't abandoned the
current work yet. 


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