Bug 586861 – maximum size of groupname, username is 31 characters

Bug 586861 - maximum size of groupname, username is 31 characters

Summary:	maximum size of groupname, username is 31 characters

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	shadow-utils (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Peter Vrabec
QA Contact:	BaseOS QE Security Team
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Blocks:	618129 668431
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Reported:	2010-04-28 09:17 EDT by Miroslav Vadkerti
Modified:	2011-01-13 18:28 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Previously, the maximum number of character for username and groupname was limited to 31. With this update Maximum size of username and groupname is set to 32 characters.
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Clones:	618129 668431 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed:	2011-01-13 18:28:03 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
adjusted goodname patch (2.46 KB, patch) 2010-07-29 08:28 EDT, Peter Vrabec	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2011:0094	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	shadow-utils bug fix update	2011-01-12 12:21:26 EST

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Description Miroslav Vadkerti 2010-04-28 09:17:34 EDT

Description of problem:
groupadd doesn't accept group name with 32 characters (maximum is 31)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
shadow-utils-4.0.17-15.el5.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
.qa.[root@x86-64-5s-m1 ~]# echo -n "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" | wc -c
32
.qa.[root@x86-64-5s-m1 ~]# groupadd zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
groupadd: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is not a valid group name

Actual results:
error: invalid group name

Expected results:
groupadd successful

Additional info:

Comment 1 Peter Vrabec 2010-07-29 08:28:43 EDT

Created attachment 435265 [details]
adjusted goodname patch

man page fix will be needed too.

Comment 4 Florian Nadge 2011-01-03 11:03:25 EST

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, the maximum number of character for username and groupname was limited to 31. With this update Maximum size of username and groupname is set to 32 characters.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-01-13 18:28:03 EST

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0094.html

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