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DonDavisFCB

DonDavisFCB

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Aug 22, 2001
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Is there a way to allow a username with a length of more than 8 characters?
 
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Not with AIX. Even if you try to fool the system by directly editing the /etc/passwd file, in AIX you will get an error if you use a login name that is too long.
 
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