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Longer Usernames

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by TomBullock, Jun 8, 2008.

  1. TomBullock

    TomBullock Active Member

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    Hello

    Is there a way of making usernames longer than just 8 characters in WHM?
    I want to be able to have the domain as the username on all accounts.

    Thanks
    Tom
     
    #1 TomBullock, Jun 8, 2008
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    That's an interesting question -- I also find the 8 character usernames constraining at times, and wonder why WHM can't allow them to be longer now?
     
    #2 boatdesign, Jun 8, 2008
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    Part of this is the 8 character limitation of some *nix environments, part of this is due to the fact that longer usernames could unintentionally break some critical functionality (e.g. MySQL).
     
    #3 cPanelDavidG, Jun 9, 2008
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    While most software now supports at least 16, until we drop compatibility with some of the older applications 8 is going to be the magic number.
     
    #4 cPanelNick, Jun 9, 2008
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    Just out of curiosity, what are some of the older applications that only support 8 chars?
     
    #5 electric, Jun 16, 2008
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    MySQL has a 16-character limit on usernames. 8 are taken by the cPanel username, 1 by the underscore, and up to 7 by the rest of the username. If cPanel username was longer than 8-characters, there would not be enough room for the rest of the mysql username.

    MySQL 5 can be recompiled to allow longer usernames, but MySQL 4 does not have that option.
     
    #6 jandafields, Jun 16, 2008
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