Hi, I had the same problem, I also needed : 1) the username should begin with a number 2) the group name should be longer than 16 characters. So I modified the standard "useradd" e "groupadd" (rpm shadow-util ) to fullfil these requirements. I hope this can help. Regards -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Dale Mirenda [mailto:IT@shap.com] Inviato: venerd? 12 aprile 2002 4.54 A: samba@lists.samba.org Oggetto: [Samba] Username length Is the maximum username length of 8 characters an absolute, or is there a way around it? I'm migrating an NT-based file server to Samba, and I'd like to keep my existing username list if at all possible, but many of the login names exceed 8 characters. Thank you, Dale Mirenda -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba