Bug 618129 - maximum size of groupname, username is 31 characters
Summary: maximum size of groupname, username is 31 characters
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: shadow-utils
Version: 4.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Peter Vrabec
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 668431 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 586861 668431
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-26 08:21 UTC by Miroslav Vadkerti
Modified: 2012-06-20 16:14 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 586861
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 16:14:21 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Description Miroslav Vadkerti 2010-07-26 08:21:18 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #586861 +++

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 RHEL Program Management 2010-10-22 19:03:13 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 2 Miroslav Vadkerti 2011-01-12 07:37:47 UTC
shadow-utils-4.0.3-66.el4_8.3

Comment 3 Miroslav Vadkerti 2011-01-12 07:38:08 UTC
*** Bug 668431 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 16:14:21 UTC
Thank you for submitting this issue for consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The release for which you requested us to review is now End of Life. 
Please See https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

If you would like Red Hat to re-consider your feature request for an active release, please re-open the request via appropriate support channels and provide additional supporting details about the importance of this issue.


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