Maximum length of userid on Fedora Linux

[Miloslav Trmač]

Kevin Kofler píše v Út 30. 03. 2010 v 20:51 +0200: 
> Miloslav Trmač wrote:
> > Oh.  In that case, use LOGIN_NAME_MAX from <limits.h> (256 on my
> > system).
> 
> Does that include the terminating '\0' or should the buffer actually be 
> sized LOGIN_NAME_MAX+1?
It doesn't really matter, the practical limit is so much smaller.

(man limits.h) doesn't say, but _POSIX_LOGIN_NAME_MAX does include the
terminating '\0', so LOGIN_NAME_MAX probably does as well.
Mirek