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: