[NBLUG/talk] Hostname, username lengths

Andrew argonaut at softhome.net
Wed May 14 17:53:01 PDT 2003


Anybody know what the maximum length is for a Linux hostname? I
know that some Un*xen barf (or at least some of their tools barf)
if it's over 8 characters, but I've heard tell that Linux can
handle longer names. True?

What about usernames?

A.



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