On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 01:56:45PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Daved Daly wrote: > > So, is it true that the only documentation is the source code? But what > source code should I look at? passwd, pam, glibc, ... ?
Those, and all utilities that work with usernames. Traditionally, 8 char usernames where the maximum, but a lot of tools now support longer names. AFAIK there is no spec that says how many characters are allowed, so every tool probably sets its own limit. Frank > > -- > "Codito ergo sum" > Roel Schroeven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
