[PATCH] enforce maxlenght in usernames

Matthias Andree mandree at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jul 27 19:39:29 UTC 2011


Am 27.07.2011 21:33, schrieb Tito:
> Hi,
> while reading man useradd on my box I stumbles across this line:
> 
> Usernames may only be up to 32 characters long.
> 
> 
> So it seems to be a good idea to enforce this also in busybox.
> I've added the relevant code to the die_if_bad_username libb function.
> Please apply if you like it.  Hints, critics and improvements are welcome.

Unfortunate mixing of mechanism (code) and policy.  Doesn't belong there.


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