[Adduser-devel] Bug#493230: manpage of adduser/useradd does not mention how long a username can be

[Michelle Konzack]

Package: adduser
Version: 3.102
Severity: wishlist

Hello Maintainer,

Today @customer I had to create several 10.000 users from a  script  and
it seems, I have hit the limits with the length  of  the  username.  The
customer need usernames of up to 40 characters...

Tonight I have tried some things on my own Etch server @home and I  have
the same resultat...  But, my NetBSD-Box let me allow longer names.

Searching the manpages, info and other documentation results in nothing.

Using LDAP and other tools,  allow  me  to  set  LOGIN  longer  then  32
characters.

I think, the manpage should mention, that the  LOGIN  name  can  not  be
longer then 32 characters if "useradd" is used.

Since "ssh" and "login" allow LOGIN with much longer names, please allow
LOGIN with more then 32 characters.  Increasing it to 64 would be fine.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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