On freebsd the default max length is 16 chars. I know you can recompile to change this. On the freebsd sample sql, it sets the max to 16 chars too. If you change it in SQL, you can make the username length longer, and the users still work fine. Is there any problem with doing this? I know i wont be able to make the passwd users longer than 16chars, but will it affect anything by making the sql users longer?
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As long as all the applications you use are compiled with the new limit, it shouldn't pose a problem. Hopefully none of them have a static definition but rather use the system #define ...
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On freebsd the default max length is 16 chars. I know you can recompile to change this. On the freebsd sample sql, it sets the max to 16 chars too. If you change it in SQL, you can make the username length longer, and the users still work fine. Is there any problem with doing this? I know i wont be able to make the passwd users longer than 16chars, but will it affect anything by making the sql users longer?
As long as all the applications you use are compiled with the new limit, it shouldn't pose a problem. Hopefully none of them have a static definition but rather use the system #define ...