netbsd-bugs: bin/7598: utmp can't deal with usernames

Subject: bin/7598: utmp can't deal with usernames > 8 characters
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/17/1999 17:20:59

>Number:         7598
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       utmp can't deal with usernames > 8 characters
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 17 17:20:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bill Sommerfeld
>Organization:
	
>Release:        1.4
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD orchard.arlington.ma.us 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (ORCHARDII) #54: Sun May 16 10:05:51 EDT 1999 sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ORCHARDII i386


>Description:
	the utmp file format truncates usernames after 8 characters
>How-To-Repeat:
	run "who" on any system i'm logged in on.
>Fix:
	there are lots of possible fixes, but nothing strikes me as
	"the" clean way to handle it.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: