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Bug 144809 - gdm don't accept 256 caracters
gdm don't accept 256 caracters
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other AIX
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-06-22 12:25 UTC by sandie vanderme
Modified: 2005-04-08 23:53 UTC
See Also:
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Description sandie vanderme 2004-06-22 12:25:38 UTC 
I can't type more than 125 caracters in the login
window of gnome.
Some OS accept up to 256 caracters in it and all
applications from their desktop work with long
names. I think it could be a possible enhancement
for gnome.

On the other hand, I can't create a user whose
name contains more than 32 caracters with the
"useradd" command on Fedora. Does someone know the
way to do it ?
Comment 1 Brian Cameron 2005-01-26 00:00:57 UTC 
Since usernames can only be 32 characters long, why does the login window need
to support more than 125?
Comment 2 sandie vanderme 2005-01-31 13:01:48 UTC 
I port gnome on AIX5.1 and on it users can be created with 125 caracters.
Comment 3 Brian Cameron 2005-01-31 19:11:18 UTC 
But the bug only really needs to be fixed if users can be created that are
longer than 125 characters, right?  Does this field need to support usernames
longer than 125 characters?
Comment 4 sandie vanderme 2005-02-01 11:56:30 UTC 
Yes, on AIX we can create users whose name is up to 256 caracters.
Comment 5 Brian Cameron 2005-04-08 23:53:10 UTC 
Now setting the entry to PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE as defined in <security/pam_appl.h>.
 This was the recommendation of a PAM expert here at Sun.