long username errors

tsiou

tsiou

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Hi,
i 've posted this :
http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31841

but i see that it's not proftpd but a system wide issue.

I 've tried to add a database with more than 16 chars length and i got the same error :

Unable to add user voukidis_production. String 'voukidis_production' is too long for user name (should be no longer than 16)

So, how can i solve this?
 
I have domains more that 16 chars and everything is Ok.
Plus as I know, Proftpd stores users in passwd format in /etc directory.
I think you should check your config or rebuild it again.
 
Databases are limited to 16 characters. DirectAdmin by default limits system usernames to 8 characters to ensure that there will be enough characters left over to create databases associated with the username.

This does not affect proftpd. You can have ftp logins longer than 16 characters. I did it and successfully logged in with a ftp username logger than 16 characters.

There is a chance you are not using the proftpd that DA supplies.
 
floyd said:
Databases are limited to 16 characters. DirectAdmin by default limits system usernames to 8 characters to ensure that there will be enough characters left over to create databases associated with the username.

This does not affect proftpd. You can have ftp logins longer than 16 characters. I did it and successfully logged in with a ftp username logger than 16 characters.

There is a chance you are not using the proftpd that DA supplies.
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No.
I am using proftpd that DirectAdmin supplied. I am not using other things.
Could you tell me where you are getting this error?

also show the output of the :
Code: 
uname -a
Code: 
head -30 /etc/proftpd.conf

Which databases are limited to 16 characters?
 
localhost said:
No.
I am using proftpd that DirectAdmin supplied. I am not using other things.
Could you tell me where you are getting this error?
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I am not getting the error nor was I replying to localhost. I was replying to tsiou, you know the one with the problem.

also show the output of the :
Code: 
uname -a
Code: 
head -30 /etc/proftpd.conf

Which databases are limited to 16 characters?
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All mysql databases are limited to 16 characters.
 
I 'm using my systems proftpd, compiled with the flags as shown in the knowledge base.


After a test i see that although i get the error :
pindos proftpd[58414]: Name exceeds maximum login length (17)

the user logs in successfully.

So it's not really an important issue...

Thanks!
 
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