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Old 12-05-2010
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Hey Any one...

Do u know any way I can modify the max username length in unix? I guess it is 32/64 characters by default. Suppose I want to increase it to 128.

i hav tried /etc/skel

but no use...

How can I do that?
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Old 12-05-2010
which particular version of Unix are you using?
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Old 12-05-2010
I am using central spy.
 
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