[OpenAFS] overide 8 char userids?

[Derek Atkins]

My guess is that this limit is in uss (which I've never used), because
it's making the assumption that usernames should match the Unix
username which traditionally has been limited to 8 characters.  I am
_fairly_ sure that neither Kerberos nor PTServer have an 8-character
limit.

-derek

Corey Kovacs <ckovacs@DEPAUW.EDU> writes:

> 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
> 
> 

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord@MIT.EDU                        PGP key available