username 16 characters limitation

[benjidad]

Dear All,

is there a way to increase the maximum 16 characters username string limitation?

 

[benjidad]

I found this page which was probably has the same objective, but I couldn't figure it out to find param.h file in my FreeNAS box. Anyone have an idea?

 

[JaimieV]

.h files are only read when you recompile the code it applies to, they're not like running configuration files - so for the change to apply, you'd need to rebuild the FreeBSD kernel. Unsurprisingly, the FreeNAS distro doesn't include the source files or tools to do that.

You could do it on a normal system, then copy the kernel over - and hope you got all the other myriad configs right for a FreeNAS box.

 

[Stephens]

It's hard to imagine a scenario where the need for a 17+ character username is so great a requirement that it's worth either the initial work, or the on-going work as new releases of FreeNAS are released. Also, possible bugs from missed areas of code that are expecting username to be no greater than 16 characters.