[install-discuss] Error installing b70

[Bill Sommerfeld]

On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 18:00 -0700, Erik Nordmark wrote:
> > Well, it was supposed to wipe my hard drive and install Solaris before 
> > trying to look for the new user account that it was supposed to create 
> > for me.  rdelaplante does not exist in my current Solaris 10 install.  
> > The new installer asked me to choose a user account to create and I 
> > chose rdelaplante.
> 
> According to passwd(4) the user name is limited to 8 characters.

in most cases usernames longer than 8 characters work despite the text
in passwd(4).  we shouldn't be introducing new instances of this limit.

					- Bill