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Title: Length of a login

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Length of a login

Symptom:

You cannot use useradd to add users with a login name longer than 8 letters

        useradd: invalid user name `long name'

Cause:

Lots of programs restrict accounts to 8 letters and cannot handle long names.

Solution:

Please do accept this. Don't try to get it to work by manually editing /etc/passwd) e.g. This will not work.

Anmerkung

In S.u.S.E. Linux 5.1 it is possible to create alias codes. This is a feature of the sendmail package. You may, e.g., create user names as firstname.surname@do.main which point to the "normal" account. This may be realised by editing /etc/mail/aliases (/etcaliasesin 5.0 and before).

Note

Please avoid using uppercase letters, blanks and special keys (German umlauts). Avoid usage of semi-graphic keys as dashes.

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Keywords: LOGIN, USERNAME, LOGINNAME, PASSWD, USERADD, BENUTZERVERWALTUNG

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