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Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ4 username 12 characters, Any solution
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ4 username 12 characters, Any solution
- From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 30 16:05:35 2001
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
"Chris Bell" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've never come across an answer to this myself, but seeing as the user
and
> server configuration information is all stored in a Postgres database,
would
> it be possible to simply increase the size of the relevant field in the
> database? You would presumably need to fix a number of other things, such
as
> the scripts which check the length of the username when you set it up in
the
> control panel (which might be Javascript, but I've never checked how it's
> done).
Sure, the field lengths can be increased in JS field verification and
Postgre database, but the DB writes to system files and it's those files
which are accessed by OS programs that expect unsernames with a max # of
characters.
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Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
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