[OpenAFS] overide 8 char userids?

[Corey Kovacs]

when doing a uss bulk add with -dryrun, I got an error telling me that the
userid field was over 8 chars. Here is a dump of the output...

uss: * User field in add cmd too long (max is 8 chars; truncated value is
'jgeringe')
LINE 7 FAIL add jgeringer:Jason Geringer:<initial password>
here::helios:a::1010

here is the template file I am using..
V homestudent.$USER $SERVER.csc.depauw.edu /vicep$PART 10000
/afs/.csc.depauw.edu/home/$USER $UID $USER all faculty read

the userids that are shorter than 8 chars report success. I had not thought
there was a limit of 8 chars until
this and couldn't find any reference to it in the manuals...

any ideas?

Derek Atkins wrote:

> AFS does not have an 8-char limit on userids.  Where do you think there
> is such a limit in AFS?
>
> -derek
>
> Corey Kovacs <ckovacs@DEPAUW.EDU> writes:
>
> > Is there a way to overide the 8 char limit on userids? I'd like to make
> > userids
> > match the userids used everywhere else on campus and they are longer
> > than
> > 8 chars...
> >
> > Corey
> >
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Corey Kovacs               "I know not with what weapons World War III
Computer Science Dept.      will be fought, but World War IV will be
DePauw University.          fought with sticks and stones."
765.658.4761                            - Albert Einstein