Description of problem: When creating a new user, the utility permits a user to input a user name of more than 31 characters. On attempting to save the new name the utility enforce the maximum length. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.2.64 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the system-config-user utility. 2. Select the create new user option. 3. Input a long user name i.e. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochuchaf This is a Welsh villages and is the longest valid internet name in the world! 4. Enter a password in the required places and press OK. Actual results: The utility warns the user that the name exceeds 31 characters. Expected results: Logically it's not right to allow a user to do something, only to say 'you can't do that' sometime later. The utility should ideally restrict the number of permitted characters to 31. Additional info: The modify user form suffers from the same problem.
(In reply to comment #0) > > Additional info: > The modify user form suffers from the same problem. ... as do the respective group name entries in their dialogs. I've fixed that in the Hg repository.
I've built system-config-users-1.2.69-1.fc8 for Rawhide, but I'll wait a while to pick up translations before I'll build (a later version) for F7. It would be good if you could try out whether 1.2.69 from Rawhide fixes things for you in the meantime.
All looks fine on 1.2.72 on Fedora 8 Test 3.
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