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WHM Username Character limit of 8?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by bctrainers, Oct 20, 2008.

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    Either I searched for terms that weren't quite relevant to this issue or it hasn't been brought up in how i've worded it.

    Why is there a limit on the user name field for accounts set to 8?
    Can this be changed to a higher limit?
    If so, would it cause any internal issues with WHM?

    Thanks.
     
    #1 bctrainers, Oct 20, 2008
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    I have CentOS without cPanel near same kernel version as this current cPanel kernel and i can do more then 8 characters in the user name. Only difference is the minor version of these two kernel's. Which makes me wonder what is the limiter issue on cpanel settings.

    With cPanel: Linux breakpoint.<hidden>.com 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jun 25 13:49:24 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

    Without cPanel: Linux loop.<hidden>.com 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 19:33:52 EDT 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

    Any ideas? :)
     
    #3 bctrainers, Oct 22, 2008
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    The limitation has to do with 3rd party software. Even when we reach a point where we can allow more than 8 characters, there would still be a limit of 16 characters, for the same reason: 3rd party software.
     
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    I see, thanks for the answer. :)
     
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