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Re: sysinst username length limit



On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 11:12:25 +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> IIRC you could always use longer names if they were unique within the first
> 8 chars.

That's possible, and it is certainly true for the long account names 
here.
 
> Maybe it would be ok to ignore any such limits anyway since in setups where
> they apply you would either know about it (you are the admin) or would get
> your login assigned by the admin, so caring about it at the installer level
> is not very helpful.

Indeed.

Cheerio,
Hauke

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