Re: numerical username

Alan Curry (pacman-kernel@cqc.com)
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 14:36:48 -0500 (EST)


Khimenko Victor writes the following:
>
>ntalk will dislike long names (>11 characters long) as well. Quota... Hmm...
>What's broken there ?

#!/bin/sh
# Send warning mail to all users over soft quota
repquota -a | awk '$3 > $4 { print $1 }' |
while read u; do mail $u < /usr/lib/quotawarning.txt; done

When you follow the rules, the tools work. When you break the rules, the
tools break. glibc developers are not gods and they do not have the power to
change the fact that 8 characters is the rule. Increasing the size of some
username buffers inside glibc is meaningless at best. At worst, it encourages
people to create usernames that will break dozens of standard tools.

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